The Dreaming

Australia's traditional inhabitants refer to the time of Creation as 'the Dreaming'.

To read more about the Dreamtime, the significance of the land and sea, and Australia's indigenous people - Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders - their art and their culture, please visit the following web sites:

  • Aboriginal Tourism Australia
    a central point of contact for Indigenous tourism

  • Aboriginal Australia - Culture
    information about Aboriginal nations, art, bush medicine and numerous interesting articles

  • Stories of the Dreaming
    a collaboration between Australia's Cultural Network (through the Federal Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts) and the Australian Museum