But it does throw up some very odd things, a lot of the “modern” drawings are painted over older paintings.

THis as far as I kow simply doesn’t happen with in aboriginal art/tradition.

The pantings are semi mystical in themsselves and are maintianed generation after generation, going back a SERIOUSLY long time.

So it would be frankly bizarre for some one to decide that drawing a a biplane or the missionaries should be domne over the old sacred paintings.

It may well be from the 19th century but it does seem very strange to attribute it to aboriginal peoples.

As their population has gone into decline many of the old sites simply don’t have enough informed people to maintain them, and quite a few have had significant vandalism problems.

19th century vandalism?

Just a thought.

What’s pictured above looks like someone Photoshopped some 19th century etchings onto a cave wall. Those are suspicious.

“Aboriginal Art” uses a very distinct visual lexicon and system of symbols that is not used by Occidentals.

And within the definition of Aboriginal to mean The aboriginal peoples of Australia including the Torres Strait Islanders even there ther is no homogeny. But they do have more in common artisically than they do with the European traditions.

Are you saying it’s racist to say Aboriginal art?

All the drawings scratched into rock supposedly in the 19th century but oddly have not weathered back to the colour of the rock in a century.
And they are all the same state of unweathered, like they were all done at once.

Also the pics are all obviously photo referenced, thr sailing boat is at an angle, which wold be a big leap from no perspective non realist art to an action shot including fore shortening.

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