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The north-western part of Australia, more
specifically the Kimberley region in the state of
Western Australia, is the site of magnificent,
highly impressive artwork. There one finds rock
paintings with an extraordinary style, known
to much of the world as ‘Bradshaws’, after the
Australian settler Joseph Bradshaw who described
them, and to the Aborigines who live there today
as ‘Gwion Gwion’.
There are so many rock paintings spread across
the Kimberley that previously unknown paintings
are still being discovered. Among the ‘discoverers’
are Reto and Astrid Weiler, who have dedicated
their leisure time to the ‘Bradshaws’ for many
years. While Reto Weiler approaches the images
from a scientific perspective, his wife has taken
a more artistic approach to the rock paintings;
inspired by the sand and colours of the Kimberley,
she interprets the artistic works in her own way as
she creates her own distinguished adaptations.
As if the rock paintings of the Kimberley
were not exciting enough on account of their
techniques, the history of their creation is still
largely unknown. It is not just the fact that their
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