Wandjina rock art

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Four-thousand-year-old Wandjina rock art—at Donkey Ridge in the Kimberley region of Western Australia—portrays spirit ancestors with human characteristics. Aboriginal people in the area continue to identify with Wandjina.

GRAHAME WALSH/KIMBERLEY FOUNDATION AUSTRALIA

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Four-thousand-year-old Wandjina rock art—at Donkey Ridge in the Kimberley region of Western Australia—portrays spirit ancestors with human characteristics. Aboriginal people in the area continue to identify with Wandjina.

GRAHAME WALSH/KIMBERLEY FOUNDATION AUSTRALIA

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Four-thousand-year-old Wandjina rock art—at Donkey Ridge in the Kimberley region of Western Australia—portrays spirit ancestors with human characteristics. Aboriginal people in the area continue to identify with Wandjina.

GRAHAME WALSH/KIMBERLEY FOUNDATION AUSTRALIA

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