This artwork with the use of Aboriginal symbols depicts Aboriginal women sitting around camp-sites and cooking kangaroo.

Aboriginal people hunted all kinds of land mammals. Kangaroos were once a traditional food source where kangaroo meat played a vital role. Rock art of the Arnhem Land plateau depicts a number of kangaroo species, often as a totemic spirit.

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

• Aboriginal Food
• Aboriginal Women
• Aboriginal Symbols and their Meanings