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Yawkyawk, Aboriginal shape-shifting mermaids who live in waterholes, freshwater springs, and rock pools, cause the weather and are related by blood or through marriage (or depending on the tradition, both) to the rainbow serpent Ngalyod. Yee-Na-Pah, an Arrernte thorny devil spirit girl who marries and echidna spirit man.
Crocodile Story: 1987 Acrylic on canvas 256 x 169 cm The Holmes à Court Collection This work was exhibited at the 4th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards in 1987. Songs for Ceremony: 1993 177 x 109.5 cm Cyprus Pine: 1995 Synthetic polymer paint on canvas 295 x 130 cm Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Collection
In late 2023 and early 2024, the Bulgandry Aboriginal art site in the Brisbane Water National Park, an ancient Aboriginal art site in New South Wales, was vandalised twice within a few months. NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service closed off one walking track to the site, installed signs, and installed surveillance cameras, in a bid to ...
Sweetheart was the name given to a 5.1 m (17 ft) male saltwater crocodile and Northern Territory folk legend responsible for a series of attacks on boats in Australia in the seventies. The Territory's art collection consists of over 30,000 items of art and material culture. [ 6 ]
Aboriginal rock art depicting the saltwater crocodile is rare, although examples of up to 3,000 years old were found in caves in Kakadu and Arnhem land, roughly matching the distribution of the species. It is however depicted in contemporary aboriginal art. [180]
Contemporary Indigenous Australian art is a national movement of international significance with work by Indigenous artists, including paintings by those from the Western Desert, achieving widespread critical acclaim. Because naming conventions for Indigenous Australians vary widely, this list is ordered by first name rather than surname.
A saltwater crocodile is no longer threatening a remote Aboriginal community in Australia after being killed and made into a feast for local residents.. The almost-12-foot “problem crocodile ...
Types of watercraft differed among Aboriginal communities, the most notable including bark canoes and dugout canoes which were built and used in different ways. [24] Methods of constructing canoes were passed down through word of mouth in Aboriginal communities, not written or drawn. Canoes were used for fishing, hunting and as transport. [25]
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