Aboriginal Painting at Site 1 / Yourambulla Caves, South Australia

            Yourambulla Caves Aboriginal Painting Site

This photograph was taken at Site One (I visited only 1 of 3): the largest cave containing paintings in this region. Most were made with manganese, charcoal, red or white ochre. The motifs consist of patterns, hand stencils, line designs and animal tracks. 
The paintings were applied with lumps of manganese or painted with fingers dipped in ochre mixed with animal fat. 

Yourambulla is a name that is derived from the words ‘yura bila’ which means two men in the language of the Adnymathanha people of the Flinders Ranges.

Aboriginal paintings occur in caves, shelters and overhangs in the southern part of the Yappala hills. The age and purpose is not known but they are thought to relate to the dreaming or ceremonies associated with the site.

While the caves were probably visited regularly, there is no evidence that they were inhabited. However, these caves and the area surrounding them remain an important part of the Adnyamathanha peoples’ culture and heritage.

Yourambulla refers to the two peaks to the East of here which represent two ancestral companions who camped at this place while travelling in the Dreamtime, or time of creation in Aboriginal mythology. This story describes how the Adnyamathanha moiety or kinship system came into being. This follows two matrilineal lines of descent, Arraru and Mathari. The northern peak represents the Ararru man the southern peak the Mathari.

This walk trail was constructed by members of the Iga Warta Aboriginal Corporation and the Bungala Aboriginal Corporation. The project was funded by the Department of State Aboriginal Affairs and Environment Australia, with assistance from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources and from Commercial Minerals.

Ref: Division of State Aboriginal Affairs

Taken on: May 15, 2010

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