The Aboriginal tribes of Australia believed in "dawn beings" from the stars. In 1838 George Grey and his expedition party came across some extraordinary figures painted in a number of caves.
In his journal Captain Grey describes one of the paintings..... "It was the figure of a man, ten feet 6 inches [3.2 metres] in length, clothed from the chin downwards in a red garment, which reached to the wrist and ankles..."... The face and head of the figure were enveloped in a succession of circular bandages or rollers ... these were coloured red, yellow and white: and the eyes were the only features represented on the face. Upon the highest bandage or roller, a series of lines were painted in red, but ... it was impossible to tell whether they were intended to depict written characters, or some ornament for the head.."
