This Their Dreaming: Legends of the Panels of Aboriginal Art in the Yirrkala ChurchBrief outline of circumstances surrounding panels; List of artists for each moiety, maps shows territory of people mentioned in text; For each panel, describes each section & gives explanation of associated myth; Dua panel - the Djankawu journeys; Yiritja panel - legend of Banaitja; Glossary of terms. |
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Aboriginal ancestral figures ancestral heroes Arnhem Bay Artist's Country artists Banaitja Baralku Barama bark barramundi belonging Bilipinya bilma birds Birrikidji Bitjiwurrurru brolgas bush camp canoe ceremonial dancing cloud colour creatures creeks diamonds digging sticks Djankawu Djunda Dreaming Dua Panel earth feathers Fire Story fish fish-trap freshwater Galparimun Gawarin goanna grass ground Gumaitj Gunguyama Guwark hardwood hatching honeycomb hunting island Jambawal Journey lagoon Laintjung language group Larrtjina legends lines mainland Mangarawui marayin Mataman Mawalan Milingimbi moiety morning moving Mud Bay Murrirri mythology Nanyin Naritjin ngainmara Ngulumun northeast Arnhem Land Nyapililnu paddle painted pandanus paperbark paperbark swamps pattern picture porpoises python rain represent ritual rock cod running sacred saltwater shark singing sisters song spear spirit men spirit world stingray streams string sunfish swamp country things Thunderman totemic symbols travellers tree wakwak waterhole waterlily waves Wirrili women Wondjuk word Yikawunu Yiritja Panel Yirrkala yulnu