Part of the Main Gallery at Ubirr
This was just part of a very decorated shelter. The artwork, mostly fish and water foods, has been added to many times with many paintings on top of older ones. They believe the gods can still see them. No-one is allowed to touch the work of someone else as it was a message to the gods for that especial time. To repair another person's art is extremely disrespectful. If you look carefully you can see the white Boss man figure. , with his big boots, just above the large kangaroo, and to the right of the left=hand fish.
Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more 
