This painting by Denis Nelson Jupurrula is a good example of an Aboriginal painting rich in Aboriginal symbols. This painting is titled Kangaroo, Rain, Flying Ant, Possum Dreaming. The bottom left of the painting shows the kangaroo tracks around a campfire (white circle). The smoke (white line) rises from the fire into the sky creating rain clouds (purple sky with symbols for rain). In the centre of the painting is the flying ant which migrates to form a new colony when the rains come. The possum tracks are shown on the left side of the painting in the yellow section.
The U shape reflects the mark left behind by a person. Groups of U shapes would indicate a meeting place for aboriginal people sitting around a campsite.
The gender of the aboriginal people is determined by what is associated with this symbol. For example spears would indicate a group of men.
In this painting Bush Tucker Dreaming by artist June Sultan Napanga she depicts iconographical symbols of woman (U), coolamon and digging stick. This indicates aboriginal women gathering aboriginal food