The native people of Australia are known as Aborigines. This name means "from the beginning", as they are thought to have lived in Australia for over fifty thousand years. The Aborigines evolved through a complex religion. It was beautiful and unique. So completely interwoven was it into their daily lives, that everything - their art, their music, their dancing, and their spirituality - became a manifestation of it. Spirituality for Indigenous Australians takes many forms. …showed first 75 words of 1058 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1058 total…culture, in the past, but also in the present and will continue to do so in the future. The Dreaming is the basis of everything, the Aboriginal people belong to it, and it belongs to them, in the same way their complete identity originates from it. The Dreaming did not end with the arrival of Europeans but simply entered a new phase. It is a powerful living force that must be maintained and cared for.