"An Aboriginal Version Of The Olympic Games"

(Brian Fisher)
    

Legend has it amongst many tribes; the Aboriginals of Australia were the first to create the different Sports that now form the different competitions of the Olympic Games as we know it today.

It took many generations to transfer the various Sports from native Australia to Ancient Greece - many a long trip was conducted by the original Australian Aborigines tramping over the various lands - most of which were joined together way back in Dreamtime. The parts that were not joined, and where water prevailed, were crossed by primitive bark canoes.

Many of the sports stemmed from early activities the Aboriginals still conduct even today eg, spear hunting became the javelin competition, and swimming was developed from the Aboriginals catching fish swimming to beat the tide before they escaped from the rivers into the ocean. The discuss originated from boomerang throwing, the marathon was formed via couriers transferring messages long distances from tribe to tribe, boxing originated from warriors watching how kangaroos stood and fought with their front paws standing on their hind legs, the high jump was created after seeing men jump as high as they could to capture various fruits from the top of trees after the lower branches had been stripped by others, and so on.

These legends of how the Sports of the Olympic Games originated have been passed down from Aboriginal generation to generation and from tribe to tribe.

It has bow only in recent times that the "White Man" or "Caucasians" as they are commonly referred to by some Aboriginals today, have befriended the Australian Aboriginal, so much so the natives of the country have passed their legends to now be recorded in history.

The well known Aboriginal Artist Brian Fisher, who paints under his native name “Wingla Dada” has been one of the lucky ones to, not only be handed down the most famous Aboriginal legends of how the Sports of the Olympic Games commenced many generations ago, but he has been given permission by his tribal elders to relay these stories to the World via his paintings.