[2] The Australian Heritage Commission's 1980 entry on the register of the national estate describes the Quinkan rock art as being located across 230,000 hectares of rugged sandstone plateaux and escarpments 4 km south east of Laura and 50 km west of Cooktown.

Split Rock, approximately 15 km south of Laura, is currently open to self-guided visitors for a small fee.

"[3] The two brothers, George Musgrave and Tommy George dedicated their lives to protecting the rock art and teaching a number of younger Aboriginal Traditional Owners about the history and stories relating to their connection to the land and rock art of the Quinkan region.

Painting is generally in a figurative style, with people, animals and their tracks and mythical beings are depicted, usually in one or two colours.

[citation needed] Cultural heritage of the Quinkan region also includes story places, campsites and other evidence of Aboriginal people's long occupation history.