These representations aren't only a voice of the past, they tell a story that lives today and forever in the hearts and lives of the Australian Aborigines. Aboriginal art was and is a means of symbolically expressing the people's sacred ties to their land and culture. Of course, Rock art is not the only example of the Aborigines artistic tradition, but it is an extremely significant example. The Aborigines believe that their ancestral beings traveled the land, creating topographic features, to finally settle into their current place forever. Therefore, since the rock has been around since The Dreamtime, certain details, such as identifying the local clan, can be excluded.
Aboriginal society is divided into two complementary branches.
This structure, which anthropologists call 'moiety', can be seen in all aspects of life. Every living being and inanimate object is assigned to a moeity. One end is linked to shortness and dark colors where the other is associated with tallness and light. The moeity isn't only recognized through the pigment being used, it is shown in the color of the rock and the moeity of the land. So, even a painting depicted in a single color can join the two principles.