Dark Sparklers
represented by Samantha Wortelhock
Spiritual presence of the Earth Mother at the Southern Cross
Cosmic presence of Red Kangaroo gesturing The Law
Working on Creation Story painting
Especially the black-headed python shadow of Rainbow
Bill Harney expressing the Night Sky and its Spiritual Presences
Four Circles
(both in rock art and present day)
The initiates (small figures of flying foxes) with totemic ancestors (large figures) as today
Carries the stone knife and enforces The Laws
The Mudu Law Circle of the women’s law (not known in detail by senior elder, Bill Harney)
The contrasts of the British and Indigenous systems of law
This beautiful engraving of the dancer with large ceremonial boomerang shows that the justice system was accompanied by song, story and theatre.
The Black-headed Python travels through the country leaving sites of majesty and beauty.
Research at the Menngen cattle station
Dr. Hugh Cairns with Head of Heritage Commission, Dr. Jo Flood, in 1979
Lightning Brothers of Wardaman story on Menngen land
Juliy telling the story expressed in rock art
Bill Harney tells the story coming out of the rock art paintings while Hugh Cairns records on video.
Bill Harney and Ted Croker at Menngen. These Old People (Wuna) tell the stories and share information.
