Previous Kakadu National Park in the Top End of the Northern Territory

In a cave near Nourlangie are the ''Blue Paintings'', so called because ''Reckitts Blue'' was used in it as an alternative to ochre. They are of fairly recent origin and depict Spirit figures and a Barramundiin the so-called ''X-ray style'' that shows the internal organs of the animals.

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Blue Paintings

Photo by Ludo Kuipers, Sun Jul 31, 1983


 

 

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