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title: Wonnarua Painting of Baiame
author: Faithy05
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/19915/wonnarua-painting-of-baiame/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
updated: 2025-01-23
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# Wonnarua Painting of Baiame

_Authored by Faithy05_

## Image File

[![Wonnarua Painting of Baiame](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/19915.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/19915.jpg)

## Image Caption

Wonnarua painting of Baiame, near Milbrodale (south of Singleton, New South Wales).

It shows an Aboriginal sacred site with a 50,000-year-old cave painting of Biamie, an Aboriginal [mythology](https://www.worldhistory.org/mythology/) Creator [God](https://www.worldhistory.org/God/). Biamie was a powerful male god, and several things in the picture emphasize this, for example, the white ochre circle around the figure's navel, the white armbands, and the outlines of tools generally associated with males, like the stone axe and the hunting boomerang. His large arms signify bringing together, like a hug, and the seven white lines under his armpits symbolize the seven nearby tribes.

Photo taken by Wright T, in March 2007.

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## License & Copyright

[Original image](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Biamie%27s_Cave.jpg) by [**Faithy05**](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Biamie%27s_Cave.jpg). Submitted by [Liana Miate](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/lianamiate/ "User Page: Liana Miate"), published on 22 January 2025. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon a work even for commercial reasons, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.