Category: Rock Art
A description of Kimberley rock art, focusing on Bradshaw and Wandjina paintings. Contains 148 photographs, drawings and charts.
Category: Rock Art
The first of three volumes by the author covering the rock art of the vast Kimberley region, Volume One: Mitchell Plateau Area includes a foreword by Dr Ian Crawford and a comprehensive introduction covering early descriptions of the art and brief summaries of archaeology, geology, and the importance of ...Show more
Category: Rock Art
Drysdale River National Park is a remote wilderness area of rugged natural bushland, well watered by numerous creeks and the permanent waters of the Drysdale River, located in Western Australia's far north Amongst its rocky cliffs and gorges are numerous overhangs and shelters adorned with Aboriginal c ...Show more
Category: Rock Art
A unique melding of art and guide book, this title traces the development of modern Aboriginal art through its regional differences.
Category: Rock Art
Rock art of the vast Kimberley region. A comprehensive introduction covering early descriptions of the art and brief summaries of archaeology, geology, and the importance of past sea-level changes.
Category: Rock Art
Rock art of the vast Kimberley region. A comprehensive introduction covering early descriptions of the art and brief summaries of archaeology, geology, and the importance of past sea-level changes.
Category: Rock Art
Wanjina Beings – among the most distinctive of all the Aboriginal Ancestral Beings depicted in Australian rock art – have been a topic of conjecture among Western scholars since their discovery by the explorer George Grey in the northwest Kimberley Region of Australia, in 1838. Their origins ...Show more
Category: Rock Art
The Australian Aboriginal, written in 1925, describes the ceremonial and day to day lives of traditional Aboriginal people, as witnessed by Herbert Basedow, who from 1903 travelled the most remote areas of Australia.
Category: Rock Art
Represents the first generally available photographic coverage of this National Heritage-listed rock-art province near Dampier on Western Australia's Pilbara coast. Includes sections on the local geology and a summary of archaeological work in the region. Appendices include historical time-lines and ind ...Show more
Category: Rock Art
Ubirr and Nourlangie are two outstanding rock outliers adorned with Aboriginal Paintings, lying on plains beside the East Alligator River and the Arnhem Land Escarpment in Kakadu National Park in northern Australia.Dreaming paths of the Rainbow Serpent, the Lightning Man, the Cockatoo Lady, and Warramur ...Show more
Category: Rock Art
Mysterious, dramatic, enlightening. Aboriginal rock paintings of Australia are extraordinary glimpses into a culture older than European civilisations, yet still immensely vibrant today.