- At Murujuga, the emu in the stars helps guide life on the land
- Nyoongar creation story begins when world is dark and featureless, people are chosen to be carers of everything
- Venus is named Bunumbirr by Yolŋu People who hold ceremonies when the morning star rises
- Kombumerri fishermen had special hunting relationship with dolphins connected to Dreamtime
- Goolarabooloo people share connection with ancient dinosaur tracks, footprints of Marella
- Yindjibarndi creation story speaks of sky god lifting Earth out of the sea and creating people to care for the land
- Kombumerri creation story begins with a giant God from Milky Way, who still points out to the ocean
- Wardaman story speaks of when the land was bare, before Buwarraja created everything
- Bunya Country holds story of Dhakkan the rainbow serpent who created sacred waterholes
- Murujuga stories go back to the beginning of time
- Keepers of knowledge hold special powers to make rain, increase food and care for country
- Giant kangaroo Bookamurra is the Barkindji creator of the great lakes
- Creation story shares memory of volcanic eruption, speaks of how lava created Gugu Badhun countryAround 7,000 years ago
- Rising seas disconnect mainland from New Guinea, Lardil People pass down story about a ‘seagull woman’ cutting out islandsAround 14,000 years ago
- Yolŋu creation story speaks of law, how the seas roseAround 9,000 years ago
- Ngaro Dreaming story speaks of how the Great Barrier Reef was createdAround 10,000 years ago
- Wurundjeri People have knowledge of a time when Naarm, Melbourne’s Port Phillip Bay, was dry landAround 10,000 years ago
- Eruption of Budj Bim volcano is passed down in Gunditjmara creation storyAround 37,000 years ago
- World’s largest collection of rock art at Murujuga depicts continuing culture over tens of thousands of yearsAround 50,000 years ago
- 50,000-year-old Murujuga rock art gallery shows continuous connection to CountryAround 50,000 years ago
- Creation story speaks of how Palawa people came from stars
- Biami creation story guides Yorta Yorta people and culture
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