The river totem in his hand Aboriginal elder Major Sumner poses before leading a midday ceremony to the Rainbow Spirit.

This is the first time in hundreds of years that traditional owners have performed a ceremony along the Darling and Murray rivers.

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Major Sumner painting up in the tour van’s side mirror, casting twin reflections as he shifts between the modern and the traditional world.

This is the first time in hundreds of years that traditional owners have performed a ceremony along the Darling and Murray rivers.

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Young men paint each other with in the red and white ochre, the next generation of leaders learning and sharing traditional stories with mainstream Australia.

This is the first time in hundreds of years that traditional owners have performed a ceremony along the Darling and Murray rivers.

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Peter Williams begins the ceremony calling to the ancestors in song and with his dance.

This is the first time in hundreds of years that traditional owners have performed a ceremony along the Darling and Murray rivers.

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Ray lifts the dust as he rushes forward to the audience and rears up arching his back as a goanna.

This is the first time in hundreds of years that traditional owners have performed a ceremony along the Darling and Murray rivers.

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Peter Williams and his family performing together, keeping their culture and law alive.

This is the first time in hundreds of years that traditional owners have performed a ceremony along the Darling and Murray rivers.

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With hands full of leaves to sweep the ground for the dancers, Kargun Fogerty’s family wait to begin singing the dance.

This is the first time in hundreds of years that traditional owners have performed a ceremony along the Darling and Murray rivers.

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One of the youngest dancers in the Talkinjeri troop , Aiden, squats on his kangaroo haunches and listens for hunters through his cocked ‘ears’.

This is the first time in hundreds of years that traditional owners have performed a ceremony along the Darling and Murray rivers.

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