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Repainting of images on rock in Australia and the maintenance of Aboriginal culture

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

David Mowaljarlai ,
Patricia Vinnicombe ,
Graeme K. Ward  and
Christopher Chippindale
David Mowaljarlai
Affiliation:
Wanang Ngari Corporation, PO Box 500, Derby WA 6723, Australia
Patricia Vinnicombe
Affiliation:
Department of Aboriginal Sites, Western Australian Museum, 35 Havelock Street, West Perth WA 6005, Australia
Graeme K. Ward
Affiliation:
Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, GPO Box 553, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia
Christopher Chippindale
Affiliation:
Cambridge University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3DZ, England
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Extract

Sandra Bowdler reported in the last issue of ANTIQUITY (62: 517–23) on the controversy surrounding the recent repainting of Wandjina figures on the rocks of the western Kimberley, northwest Australia. Here is an Aboriginal Australian's view of the repainting project and its significance, along with an explication and further discussion of implications.

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Antiquity , Volume 62 , Issue 237 , December 1988 , pp. 690 - 696
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 1988

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