Indigenous Australian culture is the oldest and one of the most diverse and fascinating in the world. There are more than 365 language groups in Australia, more than 60 of them in Western Australia alone. Language groups all share a common tradition in their connection to the land and adherence to the mythical laws of the Dreaming through dance, storytelling, art and song.
Grandually, archaeological research is unveiling the strory of the earliest Australians. It is reasonable to claim that Aboriginal people have made Australia their home for at least 60,000 years. As in the past, Aboriginal clans to day hold deep relgious links with their lands, which were formed in the Dreamtime. The great ancestral creative beings, which journeyed across the continent at the beginning of time, established the land boundaries between Aboriginal groups and the sacred sites. Carrying out ritual obligations at these sacred sites and performing religious ceremonies are the ways by which the Aboriginal peoples feel bound to their land and protective towards it.