Rock Art Research

Vol. 31 No. 1 (2014)
Published : May 23, 2014

GWION ARTISTS AND WUNAN LAW: THE ORIGIN OF SOCIETY IN AUSTRALIA

Jeff Doring (1)

(1) Australia
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Abstract

Key aspects of the Gwion rock art tradition are threefold: the historic origin of Wunan law as evidence of a society started by an artist; methods of the art tradition recorded on film and its enduring role as graphic legal documents within a cultural network under Wunan law; and its future as a meaningful legacy of fine art under Ngarinyin munnumburra conservation and research management within their native title region according to native title and customary law.