The Wandjina Dreamtime Story


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Dreamtime legends Some Dreamtime stories say the Wandjina created the landscape and its inhabitants, and continue to have influence over both. When the spirits found the place they would die, they painted their images on cave walls and entered a nearby waterhole.


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"I want to share the Wandjina stories passed from father to son from the Dreamtime of the three tribes of the Wunambal, Ngaranyin and Worrora people. My stories come from my father's people from the Wunambal homelands. My country is Gural country- which means White Cockatoo. Don't be afraid of the images because they are very powerful.


Clarrie Djanghara, The Dreamtime Wandjina Comes, 2021 Short St Gallery

Wandjina! was an Australian children's science fantasy television series produced by ABC Television and first aired in 1966. Its story, inspired by Dreamtime mythology of the spirit ancestors of the Kimberley region of north-West Australia, was about three teenagers caught up in an adventure linked to local sacred Aboriginal cave paintings of the Wandjina — the "people from the sky" who.


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The Aboriginal Origin Story of Wandjina, The Creators In the beginning there was only darkness and a bare land… There was no life on Earth—no animals, no plants, no trees, and no humans. Wandjina, the creators, were cloud and rain spirits who brought the ancestors from within the earth and over the seas, and life began.


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full episode God is a Wandjina Compass Broadcast Sun 4 Jul 2021 at 3:00am Watch 27m God is a Wandjina Transcript Janet Oobagooma, and her old friend Gudu travel from their remote Aboriginal community home in Mowanjum in the West Kimberley to visit the place they grew up - the abandoned Presbyterian mission of Kunmunya.


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In the Kimberley region of Australia, the great creator spirit is the Wandjina. It is believed that the Wandjina gave people culture, law and songs. The Ungud snake was the chosen animal to assist with the formation of the earth, creating rivers, gorges, and streams.


4000 years old rock art of the Wandjinas. r/Damnthatsinteresting

Dreamtime Stories and Connection to Land - Exploring Indigenous Cultural Heritage southau October 20, 2023 Rural Aboriginal art is a potent expression of cosmology and ancestral narratives. Its immense magnitude permeates a myriad of facets of Aboriginal culture and society.


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The Wandjina are cloud and rain spirits from Australian Aboriginal mythology that are depicted in rock art in Australia. The broad-stroke artwork dates to around 4,000 years ago. The Wandjina paintings are characterized by common colors of black, red, and yellow on a white background.


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Wandjina, Children of the Dreamtime : Aboriginal Myths and Legends selected work short story children's Indigenous story Alternative title: Children of the Dreamtime; Aboriginal Myths and Legends; Children of the Dreamtime; Aboriginal Myths and Legends Compiler: Roland Robinson , First known date: 1968


Wandjina, spirit ancestors for the Worora, Ngarinyin and Wunambal people. Indigenous

Some Dreamtime stories say the Wandjina created the landscape and its inhabitants, and continue to have influence over both. When the spirits found the place they would die, they painted their images on cave walls and entered a nearby waterhole. These paintings were then refreshed by Aboriginal people as a method of regenerating life force. [1]


The Wandjina Dreamtime Story

Called wandjina figures, the images are believed by modern Aborigines to have been painted by the Wondjinas, prehistoric inhabitants of the Kimberley region in northwest Australia, the only area where cave paintings in the wandjina style have been found.


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Back to Aboriginal Dreamtime Stories Wandjina is Rainmaker Creation Spirit of the Kimberley area, recorded on ancient rock art sites & a living presence with local artists, at Japingka Gallery


The Wandjina Dreamtime Story

Childrens book; Djauan story of Adam and Eve, Percy Mumbulla explains totems; 58 legends of heroes, wizards, animals, birds, stars and moon; 5 Djauan tales, 2.


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For the full article on Wanjina can be found belowhttp://cloudskipperdreaming.blogspot.co.uk/2017/04/wandjina-sky-gods-from-dreaming.htmlThe legend of the Wa.


Clarrie Djanghara, The Dreamtime Wandjina Comes to Life with Rain and Thunder, 2021 Short St

The Morning Star, Roland Robinson, single work short story children's Indigenous story (p. 38-40) The Water Lubra, Roland Robinson, single work children's fiction children's Indigenous story (p. 41-42) In the Dreamtime : The Place of Devils, Roland Robinson, single work short story children's Indigenous story (p. 44)


“Wandjina Watching Baby Dreamtime Spirits” by Julie Wungundin Creative Native Perth

WANDJINA Australian Aboriginal Creator Gods Also known as Wondjina A set of all-powerful and very intriguing Creation Gods Walaganda, the big boss Wandjina, came down from the Milky Way during Dreamtime and created the earth and all its inhabitants. Then he took one look at those inhabitants and headed back home for reinforcements.