ANCIENT ART TRAIL

DICK EUSSEN RECALLS AN EARLIER TIME WHEN HE FIRST DISCOVERED ANCIENT INDIGENOUS ROCK ART … AND DETAILS WHERE AND HOW YOU CAN VIEW IT FOR YOURSELF

WORDS AND PHOTOS DICK EUSSEN

THE whole of Australia, especially in areas with sandstone ranges, has hidden art galleries left behind by the first people who once lived here. They created incredible undercover art galleries of their world including games, animals and dreamtime gods, and left behind the handprints of bored children in cave shelters when the rains tumbled down and the storm gods roamed the skies with displays of lighting and thunder that struck fear in the hearts of humans. It’s all recorded in the art friezes, including one that I came across in western Arnhem Land depicting a lightning strike that killed a woman. But many are of hunters spearing animals, warriors engaged in battle with crocodiles, snakes and fish. I have been fascinated by rock art since I first viewed one near Mount Isa…

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4x4 Magazine Australia (Digital) - 1 Issue, September 2024

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