Ceremonial Attire - Western Austrailia, circa 1900 Photographer:
Greenhan & Evans Ref:
SK02009-04
Respected for their ancestral knowledge, oral traditions and spiritual values, the indigenous peoples of Australia have been communing with the land for thousands of years. This tie to the earth is founded on their belief system (called The Dreaming) that espouses that The Great Ancestral Spirits created all the peoples, animals and plants of the earth. In this photograph, taken at the turn of the century by the Perth studio of Greenham & Evans, a group of tribesmen, outside the city of Carnarvon in Western Australia, have prepared themselves for what is believed to be one of the numerous ceremonies used to pay homage to The Great Ancestral Spirits of The Dreaming.
