Description |
72 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Summary |
Survey of Australian rock art; engravings SydneyHawkesbury area, lower Murray River, Port Hedland, Panaramitee; linear and intaglio engravings subjects - Mootwingie, west and south Queensland; antiquity of petroglyphs; superiority of northern and central Australian paintings, materials used, styles (New South Wales, Queensland, Arnhem Land, Kimberleys, Central Australia); survey of sites throughout Australia with mythological interpretations; antiquity of paintings; theories of origin of Wandjunas |
Notes |
Bibliography: p. 71-72 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliography |
Subject |
Art, Aboriginal Australian.
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Art, Primitive.
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Cave paintings.
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Rock paintings -- Australia.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Art.
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Cave paintings -- Australia.
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Petroglyphs -- Australia.
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Rock paintings.
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Author |
Australian Museum.
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