The Wandjina, also written Wanjina and Wondjina and also known as Gulingi, are cloud and rain spirits from the Wanjina Wunggurr cultural bloc of Aboriginal Australians, depicted prominently in rock art in northwestern Australia. Some of the artwork in the Kimberley region of Western Australia dates back to approximately 4,000 years ago. Another closely related spirit entity is the creator being Wunngurr, a being analogous to the Rainbow Serpent in other Aboriginal peoples' belief systems, but with a different interpretation.
Wandjina rock art on the Barnett River, Mount Elizabeth Station
Wandjina at Mt Elizabeth Station
Wandjina rock art on the Barnett River, Mount Elizabeth Station
Kimberley (Western Australia)
The Kimberley is the northernmost of the nine regions of Western Australia. It is bordered on the west by the Indian Ocean, on the north by the Timor Sea, on the south by the Great Sandy and Tanami deserts in the region of the Pilbara, and on the east by the Northern Territory.
Lennard River
Bungle Bungles - Echidna Chasm
Geikie Gorge National Park, Fitzroy River, 2007
China Wall - a natural rock formation near Halls Creek