Australia: Devil's Marbles

Devils Marbles Northern Australia


Situated about 250 miles north of Alice Springs one will find the Devils Marbles. The Devils Marbles are a collection of huge, round,red-colored boulders, some as large as 7 metres across. Located in the Tennant Creek area of the Northern Territory of Australia,they are an important part in the Aboriginal Dreamtime.

In the creation story of the Dreaming, the Rainbow Serpent fashionedthe earth and then returned to a spot east of the Kimberley's at a placewhere the rainbow meets the earth. The Rainbow Serpent's eggsfossilized and became what non-Aborigines now call the Devils Marbles.The Aborigines know them as Karlukarlu.


Because of this, the Devils Marbles Conservation Reserve is a spiritually significant and sacred site to the Aborigines.

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Posted by The Florida Hoosier at 8/20/2009 8:34 PM
Categories: Australia, Aborigine
Tags: devils marbles adventure travel native peoples Australia outback aborigine ancient beliefs mystical downunder ancient aborigine life dreamtime northern territory ancient aborigine belief aboriginal rock art
 

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