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it’s rArE For AEuropEAn to BE honorED in thE wAy thAt roCk Art ExpErt gEorgEChAloupkA wAs rECEntly By An ABoriginAl (土著). "hE FEll in lovE with our Country, our CulturE AnD EspECiAlly our roCk Art," sAiD miCkAlDErson, thEABoriginAl ChAirmAn oF kAkADu nAtionAl pArk’s BoArD oF mAnAgEmEnt. "pErhAps, morE importAntly, hE Also FEll in lovE with our pEoplE. this wAs BAsED on rEspECt For our pEoplE AnD thEir knowlEDgE. in turn, gEorgE hAs our rEspECt--morE thAn Any othErEuropEAn i know."
AlDErson’s prAisE wAs rEAD out At A pArty to mArk 65-yEAr-olDChAloupkA’s rEtirEmEnt From thE northErn tErritory musEum AnDArt gAllEry.ChAloupkA wAs thE DEDiCAtED AmAtEur who DisCovErED thousAnDs oF prEviously uniDEntiFiED roCk Art sitEs ACrossArnhEm lAnD、From thEm, hE FormulAtED thE DEFinitE timE sEquEnCE oF thosE pAintings, lEnDing EviDEnCE to A muCh EArliEr ABoriginAl oCCupAtion oFAustrAliA thAn prEviously imAginED、hE Fought thE ovEr-ExploitAtion oF thE minErAl-riCh rEgion, rEsulting in thE EstABlishmEnt oF kAkADu nAtionAl pArk. his work rECognizED thE Art on thE roCk wAlls As thE worlD’s olDEst Existing rECorD oF humAn ExprEssion, CrEAtED thousAnDs oF yEArs BEForE thE First DEsigns wErE pAintED on thE torCh-lit CAvE wAlls oFEuropE.
gEorgE’s DisCovEriEs provE thAt ______.A．hE is thE First mAn to mAkE suCh DisCovEriEs
B．thEy ArE thE olDEst ArtistiC rECorD EvEr FounD
C．thEy ArE muCh olDEr thAn thosE FounD inEuropE
D．thE ABoriginAls oCCupiEDAustrAliA For thE First timE