DREAMTIME IN AUSTRALIA.

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      PATRICK, Peggy
    • Abstract:
      The article discusses cultural anthropology of Aboriginal Australian art with a focus on its portrayal of the Ngarrangarni or Dreamtime genesis myth. The author describes their experiences interacting with Gija artist and senior law woman Peggy Patrick in Warmun, Western Australia, the role of the western Frilled Lizard Chlamydosaurus kingii in their own personal mythos, and social conditions among Aboriginals in Warmun.