Story Places
Specific locations where Dreaming events occurred and power remains.
Every feature of the landscape marks a place where something significant happened during the Dreaming. These story places hold power and meaning, visited during ceremonies and cared for by their traditional custodians.
Every rock, every waterhole, every tree has its story. The land is a library.
Story places represent a sophisticated mnemonic system integrated with geography.
Oral Tradition
Written about in
- What Aboriginal Australians mean by belonging to Country
Particular rocks, waterholes and trees mark where something happened in the Dreaming, and the story stays with the feature. The landscape works as a record you can walk through.