This artwork depicts a Kangaroo and Goanna, both Totemic Beings in Aboriginal mythology .A Totemic Being represents the original form of an animal, plant or other object (totem), as it was in the Dreamtime creation period.

The person might belong to the kangaroo or Goanna totem and similarly be related to kangaroos and Goannas and have another feature of the landscape representing their totem. Kangaroo and Goanna are native bush food for Aboriginal people in central Australia.

Other motifs depicted in the artwork are waterholes and sand hills.

If you would like to know more about Kangaroo and Goanna and the relationship with Aboriginal Art and culture, please read the following article:

• Aboriginal Symbols and their Meanings
• Goanna Dreaming
• Aboriginal Dreamtime Stories