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Learn about the Aboriginal Dreamtime, the spiritual beliefs and creation stories of the First Nations Peoples of Australia. Discover how the Dreamtime shapes their culture, identity and connection to the land and the ancestors.
- The Story of Aboriginal Art
Dreamtime or Jukurrpa and Tingari (the term varies according...
- Indigenous Art Symbols
Symbols are traditionally used as an important part of...
- Bush Leaves Art
Aboriginal artist Gloria Petyarre was in 1999 announced...
- Aboriginal Art Facts
Aboriginal Art is contentiously the oldest form of art in...
- Aboriginal Dreamtime Stories
Aboriginal Dreaming. Dreamtime or Dreaming for Australian...
- Western Desert Art
Australian school teacher Geoffrey Bardon dedicated 18...
- The Story of Aboriginal Art
The Dreaming, also referred to as Dreamtime, is a term devised by early anthropologists to refer to a religio-cultural worldview attributed to Australian Aboriginal beliefs. It was originally used by Francis Gillen, quickly adopted by his colleague Sir Baldwin Spencer and thereafter popularised by A. P. Elkin, who, however, later ...
Learn about the Dreamtime, the period when life was created by spiritual beings/ancestors, and Dreaming, the stories and beliefs behind creation. Discover how the Dreaming shapes Aboriginal lore, culture, art and rules.
The Dreaming, mythological period of time that had a beginning but no foreseeable end, during which the natural environment was shaped and humanized by the actions of mythic beings. Many of these beings took the form of human beings or of animals (“totemic”); some changed their forms.
Aboriginal Creation Story. All over Australia, Dreaming stories tell of the ancestor spirits who created the land and everything on it. This story, from the Ngiyaampaa of western New South Wales, tells how the Darling River was created, long ago. Read the Aboriginal Creation Story here.
In Australian Aboriginal art, a Dreaming is a totemistic design or artwork, which can be owned by a tribal group or individual. This usage of anthropologist W. E. H. Stanner 's term was popularised by Geoffrey Bardon in the context of the Papunya Tula artist collective he established in the 1970s.
