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Post Card From Oz
25--28 October 1998
From our Queensland, Australia Trip
17 July to 27 November 1998
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A HIGHLIGHT OF THE trip to Saddler Springs was the time
spent with Grahame Walsh (center), the world's leading expert on Aboriginal Rock Art.
Grahame showed a number of slides of Aboriginal paintings from areas all over Australia,
including several from the area where we were staying. In the Carnarvon region, much of the
art work was done with ochre stencils. The object ot be stenciled would be placed against a
cave wall and ochre that had been mixed with water would be "sprayed" over the object by
spitting a fine mist from one's mouth.
Grahame also provided additional background on the society, religion, and
culture of the indigenous peoples of Australia.
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