THE FIRST AUSTRALIANS


   another dawn –
the aborigine casts
   a long shadow

ken daley



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cave wall
the outline of an empty hand
 
Jan Iwaszkiewicz 



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   dot by dot
she paints yam dreaming—
   the billy boils over
john bird



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rock face
a red ochre handprint
above graffiti
lorin ford 



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sacred site –
lantana overruns
the melaleuca
quendryth young 



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   red centre—
the hub of uluru
   at sunset
alma e bird



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   mother and son
sit with their interpreter—
   breeze stirs the dust
john bird



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rock carvings   honey ants follow the grooves






vanessa proctor 

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didgeridoo
an emerging cicada
shakes-a-leg
lorin ford



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Sorry Day
a breeze stirs
the gum’s leaves
carolyn cordon 



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