Aboriginal symbols are an essential part of a long artistic tradition in Australian Aboriginal Art and remain the visual form to retain and record significant information.

Aboriginal people used symbols to indicate a sacred site, the location of a waterhole and the means to get there, a place where animals inhabit and as a way to illustrate Dreamtime stories.

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

• Aboriginal Symbols and their Meanings