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DREAMTIME

DREAMTIME. AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL ART. What do you see?. S hapes . Symbols. Now what do you see?. Dreamtime Sisters Colleen Wallace Nungari. What does this picture tell you?. What story is told here?. Another depiction of the same event. Fractal Dreamtime Art.

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DREAMTIME

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  1. DREAMTIME AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL ART

  2. What do you see?

  3. Shapes

  4. Symbols

  5. Now what do you see?

  6. Dreamtime SistersColleen Wallace Nungari

  7. What does this picture tell you?

  8. What story is told here?

  9. Another depiction of the same event

  10. Fractal Dreamtime Art

  11. How many gathering spots do you see?

  12. More modern dreamtime art uses acrylic paint instead of pigments

  13. Gaygar the Mother DuckThe dreaming story is of Gaygar the mother duck, her abduction and escape from the water rat. It tells of a mothers unconditional love for her children and there forced and speedy exodus from their country.

  14. Wayamba the TurtleA dreaming story given by Auntie June Barker.Warabah (the turtle) symbol of the warrior and protection. A man that put himself and his desire above that of his people. The painting is to be read section by section (bottom left clockwise).This depiction describes in detail the events that would unfold in this ancient and dramatic story.

  15. Birth of the ButterfliesA truly beautiful story depicting the true philosophical nature of our Indigenous people. In the time when death did not exist, creation was suddenly forced to consider it for the first time. After turning to their leaders, clever ones and most wise. The answers to the mystery of life, death and reincarnation were carried on the wings of the lowly insects, Birth of the Butterflies.

  16. Dreamtime Ceremony

  17. One old man in Arnhem Land remembered being carried as a child on his father's shoulders as his father climbed up a log leaning against a rock wall. His father then sprayed his hand with red ochre against the rock, leaving a stencil he could still recognize many years later. The main function of the stencils was to record people's presence and association with a site." Aboriginal Art Online

  18. Alice Springs – white ochre

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