These striking rock paintings from the Kimberley region depict the Wandjina, supreme spirit beings of the Mowanjum people.

Some date back over 4,000 years, forming part of one of the world’s oldest continuous religious traditions. 🕰️

Recognizable by their large dark eyes, halo-like headpieces, and absence of mouths 👁️✨, the Wandjina are said in Aboriginal Dreamtime stories to have shaped the land and its people. The missing mouth symbolizes immense power — their speech could bring storms and floods. 🌧️

❗ These sacred sites are still cared for today, with traditional owners repainting the figures to preserve their spiritual law and connection to the land.

Though pigments like kaolin and ochre weather over time, the cultural and spiritual meaning endures — linking present-day communities to their ancestral past. 🌿