Indigenous Peoples and the Thylacine
Waterhouse 1846. Natural History of Mammalia Vol I. Marsupialia, or pouched animals. Plate 17. Australian Museum Research Library
Aboriginal rock-paintings of Thylacine-like animals are recognised from northern Australia including the Kimberley region of Western Australia. They have also been found on walls or overhangs on exposed rock surfaces in the Upper East Alligator region of Deaf Adder Creek and Cadell River crossing in the Northern Territory.
There is evidence to suggest that Aboriginal people in Tasmania used the Thylacine as a food item.
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