Aboriginal Cave Painting

Indigenous Australians drew cave paintings as a religious symbol, and to feel the spirits in their sacred places. The practice of making artworks allowed tribes to pass on knowledge about their country and culture. The earliest forms of Indigenous art were paintings or engravings on boulders and on the walls of rock shelters and caves. There is evidence that Aborigines were painting on rock over 30 000 years ago. Aboriginal Australians drew about daily life, hunting and spirits. Images that are usually found in rock art are hands or arms, animal tracks, boomerangs, spear throwers, and other tools such as stone axes. There are three main styles of Aboriginal rock art. The first is the style of engraved geometric figures. It consists of engraved