As such, Aboriginal peoples were quickly dismissed ... Message sticks often feature engravings or painted symbols, lines, dots and shapes carefully crafted to convey specific meanings.

The painting, "Budgerigar Dreaming," was a gem, a beatific riot of bird tracks on a shimmering field of white dots. Ronnie Lawson ... the contemporary Aboriginal art movement sprang to life.

Symbols are up to the interpretations ... 2019 “Some people have preconceived ideas that dot painting is traditional and the only true form of Aboriginal art. But this is not the case, and ...