This artwork with the use of concentric circles depicts meeting sites specially for men. These sites are are culturally significant to Aboriginal people living in Central Australia.

Other Aboriginal icons and their meanings depicted are: -

• Each U shaped icon represents at man
• Each () shaped icon represents a shield
• Each I shaped icon represents a spear

Hand stencils are thousands of years old and very common in southern and eastern Australia. Aboriginal people put ochre into their mouth and blew it across their hand which rested on a rock surface. The ochre chemically reacted with and sunk into the surface of the rock just like ink does into paper. As these stencils were commonly made on rock walls of shelters they were protected against weathering.

If you would like to know more about Meeting Place and the relationship with Aboriginal Art and culture, please read the following articles:

• Aboriginal Symbols and their Meanings
• Aboriginal Art & Paintings