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"The Origin Of
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| Australians have an excellent record of winning Olympic swimming and rowing medals over the years. .... And many Aboriginals of Australia believe it all stems from their ancestors. Way back in Dreamtime legend has it the Rainbow Serpent carved out the many rivers, streams, lakes and creeks across the country. As soon as they were made the Aboriginals began to swim in them always competing at a young age. The Aboriginals competed in diving for crabs, swimming to catch fish before the tide beat them, and rowing in bark canoes made carved out from large trees. In this painting can be seen two Aboriginal warriors diving for food at the top of each side of the painting, with the two rowers competing in their bark canoes and wooden oars. In the middle top is one of the many round waterholes where kids learn to swim with the 3 men swimming in the river at the base of the painting. PRICE:
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