This book is a companion to to THE DREAMTIME, one of thegreatest Australian publishing successes with over onemillion copies sold in Australia alone. The original conceptof the paintings was developed by an associationbetween Ainslie Roberts and Charles Mountford,well known for his anthropological work among theAboriginal peoples. They had made extensive toursthrough remote outback regions, and the resulting potentimagery bridged cultural gulfs, making Australians moreaware of the Aboriginal sense of sacredness in all things.THE DAWN OF TIME, is once more accompanied by mythsinterpreted by Mr Mountford. In this book, all the paintingsare reproduced in full colour, with black and white drawingswhich also illustrate the myths, and like its predecessor it is aunique contribution to Australian art and literature and agenuine record of Aboriginal mythology.