Introduction

A Journey to Recognition: The ‘Discovery’ of Aboriginal Art
A Lasting Record: Rock Art as History
Foundations: Art, Religion and the Dreaming
A Totemic Landscape: Art, Maps and People
The Kinship of Art: Art and Society
The Power of Art: Art, Ritual and Aesthetics
Engaging the Other: Art and the Survival of Aboriginal Society
Transformations: The Contemporary Art of Central Australia
Settler Australia: The Survival of Art in Adversity
Documents of Change: The Art of William Barak and Tommy McRae
Contemporary Developments: Aboriginal Art and the Avant-Garde

Glossary
Brief Biographies
Key Dates
Map
Further Reading
Index
Acknowledgements