Marking resistance? Change and continuity in the recent rock art of the southern Kimberley, Australia

Sue O'Connor; Jane Balme; Jane Fyfe; June Oscar; Mona Oscar; June Davis; Helen Malo; Rosemary Nuggett; Dorothy Surprise

doi:10.1017/S0003598X00049115

Marking resistance? Change and continuity in the recent rock art of the southern Kimberley, Australia

Sue O'Connor, Jane Balme, Jane Fyfe, June Oscar, Mona Oscar, June Davis, Helen Malo, Rosemary Nuggett, Dorothy Surprise

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Enhanced by recent survey, the authors define new kinds of rock art along the Lennard and Fitzroy rivers in Western Australia - black pigment and scratch-work images featuring anthropomorphic figures with elaborate headdresses. These are shown to belong to the Contact period and represent the response of Indigenous artists to European land-taking by recalling and restating traditional themes from earlier times.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	539-554
Number of pages	16
Journal	Antiquity
Volume	87
Issue number	336
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003598X00049115
Publication status	Published - Jun 2013

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