Information About The Devils Marbles

The reserve is now jointly managed with the traditional owners and parks and wildlife rangers.

Information about the devils marbles.

Discover the iconic karlu karlu devils marbles believed by the warmungu aboriginal people to be the fossilised eggs of the rainbow serpent. In teresting facts how were the devils marbles formed. The marbles is not just significant to alyawarre people. It s the meeting place of four different language groups.

As the devils marbles first started to take its form magma erupted from nearby volcanos. The devils marbles are of great cultural and spiritual significance to. The devils marbles are a collection of massive granite boulders strewn across a valley south of tennant creek. The devils marbles are amongst the most famous australian rocks right up there with uluru and the olgas.

The devil s marbles are a formation of naturally rounded and oval boulders located south of tennant creek in australia s northern territory the rocks are a traditional aboriginal sacred site to the local tribe. Karlu karlu devils marbles conservation reserve the marbles are remnants of a solid mass of granite the bulk of which still lies beneath them. Or rather of two of the marbles. Karlu karlu devils marbles conservation reserve is a protected area in the northern territory of australia located in the locality of warumungu about 105 km 65 mi south of tennant creek and 393 km 244 mi north of alice springs the nearest settlement is the small town of wauchope located 9 km 5 6 mi to the south.

Alyawarre kayteye warumunga and warlpiri people. All guide books and brochures about the australian outback feature a picture of the marbles. In a historic ceremony held here on 27 october 2008 ownership of the karlu karlu devils marbles conservation reserve was officially given back to the site s traditional owners. We passed through extraordinary shaped stones in the davenport range.

The formation of the devils marbles are a result of the erosion of the sandstone on top of granite which was formed millions of years ago due to the hardening of magma within the earth s crust which the marbles are made up of. The devils marbles are called karlu karlu in alyawarre pronounced al yow worrah a local aboriginal language. Over time they then become seperate rocks. The 4 km nurrku walk provides visitors with a longer opportunity to experience the wider reserve.

They believe that the rocks are the eggs of the rainbow serpent over the decades the ceremonies and stories related to the marbles have largely been lost but the site is. Standing at up to 6 metres high and formed over millions of years they continue to crack.