by Boost Admin | Oct 25, 2019 | Stories
The first mosquito was originally a man living near the Mann River with his family, all of whom were swallowed by the Rainbow Serpent. Only he escaped by transforming himself into a mosquito and flying away. When he was a long way from his homeland he changed back...
by Boost Admin | Oct 25, 2019 | Stories
Bew-Bew the Giant of the Dreamtime lived in a mud and stick home adjacent to the mudflats of north Goulburn Island. He had built his house in the shape of a cone, with no doors or windows, but a hole at the top. Entry was by a bush rope ladder. When he lit a fire on...
by Boost Admin | Oct 25, 2019 | Stories
The Jakamarra ancestors of the Warlpiri tribe have lived since the beginning of time at a place called Yirlkirdi in the western desert of Central Australia. Early in this century, however, their vast lands were leased to a pastoralist and renamed Mt. Singleton. Cast...
by Boost Admin | Oct 25, 2019 | Stories
Images of Lightning Spirits can be found throughout Arnhem Land in caves and on rock surfaces. Some of these are sacred but can be viewed by outsiders, while others are both sacred and secret and cannot be seen by the uninitiated. The sacred site of Namarrkon, the...
by Boost Admin | Oct 25, 2019 | Stories
Aboriginal people believe that Ngalyod, the Rainbow Serpent, created many sacred sites in Arnhem Land, including a large billabong near the artist’s camp high up in the Stone Country between Oenpelli and Maningrida, where he is supposed to rest in the dry...
by Boost Admin | Oct 25, 2019 | Stories
Towering into the sky and dominating the surrounding country, Nimbuwah is an outlier near the western Arnhem Land escarpment. Nimbuwah is a sacred site for the Kunwinjku people. In the time of nayubyungki, the First People, a tall young man named Nimbuwah came from...
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