"The Origin Of Swimming"
 

 
The Story

Australia has produced some of the best Olympic Swimmers in the World, and it is the belief of most Aboriginals that it all started via their Ancestors, as they were the first to be able to swim.

It all commenced when the rivers and creeks of the country were formed by the Rainbow Serpent, a large snake which burrowed out canals in the Earth's surface, which, when filled with rain, became our waterways we know today.

In the clear waters of these rivers and creeks our ancestors watched the various fish species swimming.

Not to be outdone the Aboriginals tried their skill at trying to move through the water as swift as the fish. Competitions arose between the tribes as to who could swim the fastest - hence the swim races evolved which are believed by many Aboriginals to be the commencement of swimming races held at the Olympics.

In this painting can be seen the huge Rainbow Serpent snake-like creature carving ifs way through the environment creating streams and rivers, with little creeks branching off the main arteries, the Aboriginal in the centre of the painting learning how to swim watching the fish for pointers.

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