'Strange paintings' and 'mystery races': Kimberley rock-art, difrusionism and colonialist constructions of Australia's Aboriginal past

Ian J. Mcniven; Lynette Russell

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'Strange paintings' and 'mystery races': Kimberley rock-art, difrusionism and colonialist constructions of Australia's Aboriginal past

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Amongst the most striking and the most handsome of ancient Australian relics are the Bradshaw paintings of the Kimberley, in the remote northwest of the continent, uncertainly dated but seemingly most ancient. According to one published view, the Bradshaws are not so much 'early Aboriginal' as 'pre-Aboriginal'. Issue is taken with that notion, in light of European attitudes to Abonginal accomplishment over the last two centuries.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	801-809
Number of pages	9
Journal	Antiquity
Volume	71
Issue number	274
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003598X00085744
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 1997
Externally published	Yes

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