According
to
ancient
Aboriginal
belief
,
at
the
dawn
of
time
,
supernatural
beings
rose
from
the
mud
of
a
Earth
.
Some
took
human
forms
,
others
travelled
in
the
form
of
,
lizards
,
,
or
birds
.
they
journeyed
over
the
shapeless
,
creating
the
as
they
went
and
giving
to
the
first
Aboriginal
people
.
As
they
created
the
in
their
wake
,
the
ancestral
beings
created
a
network
of
sacred
pathways
,
which
stretch
hundreds
of
miles
across
Australia
.
«
People
talk
about
the
pathways
of
the
dreaming's
talk
and
certain
places
in
the
countryside
are
still
believed
to
be
potent
or
lightened
with
the
potent
force
of
these
particular
beings
waiting
to
the
land
at
certain
spots
.
So
for
people
today
these
concepts
are
still
very
much
and
very
much
the
focus
of
important
rituals
.
»
Today
,
the
aborigines
live
primarily
in
the
North
,
Central
and
regions
of
Australia
,
the
Outback
,
an
incredibly
varied
landscape
,
covering
over
two
thirds
of
the
continent
.
In
the
,
during
the
monsoon
season
,
tropical
rainforests
are
instantly
transformed
into
treacherous
floodplains
.
In
the
central
and
western
,
where
there
are
no
continuous
water
supplies
,
temperatures
can
reach
over
100
degrees
each
day
,
and
drop
below
each
night
.
At
first
glance
,
the
outback
may
seem
to
be
one
of
the
most
desolate
and
harsh
region
of
the
world
.
How
have
these
remarkable
people
managed
to
survive
in
such
severe
and
unforgiving
lands
?
In
areas
which
even
today
are
considered
to
be
uninhabitable
?
The
answer
lies
in
the
ancient
wisdom
contained
within
the
Dreamtime
.
The
Elders
of
each
tribe
are
the
keepers
of
this
.
Through
a
lifetime
of
intense
secret
and
gradual
initiations
,
they
have
come
to
the
mysteries
of
survival
.
It
is
their
responsibility
to
pass
this
timeless
wisdom
to
their
.
« It's
basically
how
you're
going
to
survive
in
the
bush
area
-
knowledge
about
what
you
can
use
what's
arable
,
what's
not
arable
,
and
what
sort
of
trees
we
use
or
plants
we
use
for
medicinal
uses
.
All
that
knowledge
is
passed
on
from
your
seniors
.
»
«
We
used
to
walk
around
a
small
family
bands
and
take
the
as
we
needed
it
.
And
the
elders
probably
would
know
exactly
where
we're
going
.
But
as
kids
,
you
just
trusted
your
elders
but
while
you're
going
,
they're
teaching
you
everything
that
you
need
to
know
to
survive
.
»
«
And
land
offers
so
much
its
food
,
its
,
gives
us
shelter
,
gives
us
the
wood
that
we
need
to
make
tools
.
So
when
you
learn
those
skills
,
and
you
learn
about
how
your
country
changes
,
you
learn
how
to
look
after
it
as
well
and
learning
those
skillls
is
through
these
ancestral
stories
.
»
From
childhood
,
the
aborigines
are
the
skills
needed
to
obtain
food
almost
anywhere
.
Surprisingly
in
this
land
which
outsiders
would
consider
intolerable
,
the
Aborigines
see
a
garden
of
delights
.
If
their
surroundings
are
harsh
,
why
haven't
the
aborigines
tried
to
change
them
?
Over
the
course
of
hundreds
of
,
why
haven't
they
cultivated
the
land
or
homes
,
churches
or
?
Because
the
very
land
they
walk
upon
was
created
by
their
ancestral
spirits
.
The
Aborigines
that
it
cannot
and
must
not
be
changed
.
They
regard
nature
itself
as
holy
.
It
is
their
cathedral
.
« It's
an
amazing
feeling
of
,
you
know
,
just
that
goodness
of
being
part
of
it
.
You
know
,
you're
part
of
that
,
you
know
,
that
is
part
of
you
,
you
know
that
this
,
this
is
you
,
and
this
is
you
.
That
is
you
that
face
there
,
that
cliff
face
.
The
whole
of
the
tree
is
you
.
This
grass
is
you
and
every
animal
,
insect
and
reptile
is
you
.
»
Throughout
the
continent
inscribed
in
the
rock
walls
of
sacred
caves
,
are
primitive
images
from
the
Dreamtime
.
The
most
powerful
ancestral
being
is
called
the
Great
serpent
.
Even
today
,
the
aborigines
glorify
her
as
the
mother
of
all
creation
.
Could
she
be
the
world's
oldest
continuously
worshipped
today
deity
?
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