Symbols Used In Aboriginal Art

 

Aboriginal Art Symbols

person

Person, person sitting

man

Man or spear

2persons

Man and woman or 2 people back to back

boomerang

Boomerang

2men

2 men (each symbol can be 1 man) or man with spear

coolamon1

Coolamon (water carrier

child

Child

coolamon

Coolamon with handle

community

Community

killerboomer

Killer boomerang

tribes

Tribes

spearthrower

Spear thrower (woomera)

manboomspear

Man or men sitting with boomerangs and spear

stoneaxe

Stone Axe

menwater

Men with spears sitting by a waterhole

woomera

Woomera

womencooking

Women cooking

clapsticks

Clapsticks

womensitting

Men sitting around a campsite with spears or women with digging sticks

campsite

Campsite, meeting place, stone well

spirit

Spirit Ancestor

waterhole

Water hole

earthmother

Earth Mother

water

Water, snake, lightning, honey store

sunfather

Sun Father, Destiny, Spirit

holeandcreek

2 waterholes joined by creek bed or underground water

bushbanana

Bush banana

clouds

Clouds, boomerangs

bushonion

Bush Onion

rainbow

Rainbow, cloud, sandhill

bushtomato

Bush tomato or wild plum

rain

Rain

innedi

Innedi tree

dreamingearth

Dreaming trail with Earth mother energy rising

spinifex

Spinifex

dreamingtrails

Dreaming trails

yam

Yam

star

Star

wildapples

Wild apple

travelling

Travelling sign with resting place

witchety

Witchety grub

footprints

Footprints

honeyants

Honey ants

dingo

Dingo tracks

kangaroo

Kangaroo tracks

emu

Emu tracks

possum

Possum tracks

goanna

Goanna tracks

 

 

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