Aboriginal people have lived in Australia for over 40,000 years.  Two hundred years of European occupation have changed their traditional way of life, but their laws and the connection to the land remain. 

Worldwide attention that has focused on the art of the Australian Aboriginal people has created a new-found awareness of the original inhabitants of this country, an interest in their culture and a long overdue respect for the people.

Aboriginal paintings are a means of visual communication, Paintings were done originally on the body for ceremonies such as initiation or funerals.   Cave walls depicted images of the Creator Spirits, animals and hunters.  Drawings in the sand showed animal footprints or mapped the way to waterholes or ceremonial meeting places.