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Friday Essay : Creation, Destruction and Appropriation – the Powerful Symbolism of the Rainbow Serpent
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Friday Essay : Creation, Destruction and Appropriation – the Powerful Symbolism of the Rainbow Serpent
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'Prior to colonisation there were approximately 250 different Aboriginal languages spoken by some 500 clans throughout Australia. Each clan possessed numerous Dreaming stories, depicting how the land was traversed and marked by the Ancestral Beings, who created land-forms, people, animals, plants and celestial stars.' (Introduction)
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