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Yankunytjatjara - Cave Hill Safari. Copyright Ayers Rock Resort.

The rock art found there, dating back 20,000 years, portrays the Yankunytjatjara version of the story of the Pleiades, or Seven Sisters, the Dreaming myth found throughout Aboriginal culture, with each tribal group telling and retelling their version down through the generations. The remarkable thing about these myths is that they appear in countless other cultures, from ancient Greece to India, China, Japan, and North America as well - anywhere, it seems, where people gaze in wonder at the stars.

The Yankunytjatjara tale charts the movement of the Sisters from the Western Australian desert into South Australia as they are pursued across the sky. The art at Cave Hill portraying their adventures is known to be one of the most spectacular in the region.



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