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The Songlines of Stone — real places & people

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Places of awe

The red Pilbara — iron-ore country and rock-art coast.

The red Pilbara — iron-ore country and rock-art coast.
The red Pilbara — iron-ore country and rock-art coast.

Calistemon, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Lake Mungo — where the oldest known ceremonial burials lie.

Lake Mungo — where the oldest known ceremonial burials lie.
Lake Mungo — where the oldest known ceremonial burials lie.

Benutzer:Schomynv de:Benutzer:Schomynv, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The country that the half-million-dollar instruments read as empty.

The country that the half-million-dollar instruments read as empty.
The country that the half-million-dollar instruments read as empty.

Thomas Schoch, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons

Things of wonder (made by hand)

Murujuga — the world's largest rock-art gallery.
Murujuga — the world's largest rock-art gallery.

Marius Fenger, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Budj Bim — engineered aquaculture older than the pyramids.

Budj Bim — engineered aquaculture older than the pyramids.
Budj Bim — engineered aquaculture older than the pyramids.

Dhx1, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

Rock art as record — the country's own archive.

Rock art as record — the country's own archive.
Rock art as record — the country's own archive.

Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

A stone arrangement that marks solstice and equinox sunset.

A stone arrangement that marks solstice and equinox sunset.
A stone arrangement that marks solstice and equinox sunset.

Not attributed, so nominally Uren., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Peoples, in their own dress

Ceremony — knowledge carried in body and song.

Ceremony — knowledge carried in body and song.
Ceremony — knowledge carried in body and song.

Unknown authorUnknown author, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The yidaki (didgeridoo) — the voice of country.

The yidaki (didgeridoo) — the voice of country.
The yidaki (didgeridoo) — the voice of country.

Didgeridoostreetplayer.jpg: Noel Feans derivative work: Tomer T, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

An elder — the ones who out-read the rig.

An elder — the ones who out-read the rig.
An elder — the ones who out-read the rig.

BlackfullaLinguist, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons


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