Walking through a Songline

Walking through a Songline is a pop-up digital experience based on a component of the National Museum of Australia’s internationally acclaimed exhibition Songlines: Tracking the Seven Sisters.This ground-breaking show follows in the tracks of the Seven Sisters Tjukurrpa (Dreaming) across the Western and Central deserts of Australia as they are chased by a male pursuer. Their encounters are imprinted in the features of the land and tell of where to find food and water and how to behave correctly.

All Ancestral journeys create songlines, which can be seen as pathways or corridors of knowledge. The stories they hold form the foundational history of the Australian continent, as told by artists, custodians and traditional owners. You will get a sense of this in Walking through a Songline, a stand-alone immersive experience at the nexus between ancient knowledge and new technology, and suitable for all ages. Interpretative panels provide further insights into Australian Aboriginal songlines, exploring how an entire continent has been mapped for and by its people over millennia.