DREAMTIME
This section is dedicated to the mythology of the different Aboriginal peoples of Australia.
The Australian Aborigines, in common with most indigenous peoples, have strong links to the land and the past. The land is a factor in every action, whether economic, religious, artistic, or legal; in daily life the past is always an important consideration. Aboriginal kinship rules and structures are highly sophisticated, influencing relationships between each and every individual.
Aboriginal people have been present in Australia for thousands of years. A lack of definitive archaeological evidence means that accounts vary, but some estimate that Aborigines have been in the country since the Dreaming, or Dreamtime, as far back as 60,000 years ago.
One such story about the Dreaming is the Rainbow Serpent which comes from the Noonuccal tribe of Minjerribah (Stradbroke Island, Southern Queensland).
