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==Examples== * The [[Yolngu]] people of [[Arnhem Land]] in the [[Northern Territory]] tell the story<ref name="NorrisNorris2009">{{citation|last1=Norris|first1=Ray|author2=Priscilla Norris|author3=Cilla Norris|title=Emu Dreaming: An Introduction to Australian Aboriginal Astronomy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7io7QQAACAAJ|year=2009|publisher=Emu Dreaming|bibcode=2009edia.book.....N|isbn=978-0-9806570-0-5}}</ref> of [[Barnumbirr]], a creator-being associated with the planet [[Venus]], who came from the island of [[Baralku]] in the East, guiding the first humans to Australia, and then flew across the land from East to West, naming and creating the animals, plants, and natural features of the land. * The [[Yarralin]] people of the Victoria River Valley venerate the spirit Walujapi as the Dreaming Spirit of the [[black-headed python]]. Walujapi is said to have carved a snakelike track along a cliff-face and deposited an impression of her buttocks when she sat establishing camp.{{citation needed|date=October 2017}} Both signs are currently discernible. * The Native Cat Dreaming Spirits who are said to have commenced their journey at the sea and to have moved north into the [[Simpson Desert]], traversing as they did so the lands of the [[Aranda people|Aranda]], [[Kaytetye people|Kaititja]], [[Ngalia (Northern Territory)|Ngalia]], [[Kukatja (Northern Territory)|Kukatja]] and [[Anmatyerre|Unmatjera]].{{citation needed|date=October 2017}} Each people sing the part of the Native Cat Dreaming relating to the songlines for which they are bound in a territorial relationship of reciprocity. * In the [[Sydney]] region, because of the soft Sydney [[sandstone]], valleys often end in a canyon or cliff, and so travelling along the ridge lines was much easier than travelling in the valleys. Thus, the songlines tend to follow the ridge lines,{{citation needed|date=October 2017}} and this is also where much of the sacred art, such as the [[Sydney Rock Engravings]], is located. In contrast, in many other parts of Australia, the songlines tend to follow valleys, where water may be found more easily. * Songlines have been linked to Aboriginal art sites in the [[Wollemi National Park]] in [[New South Wales]].<ref>{{cite web|first=James|last=Woodford|url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/09/26/1064083186183.html|title=Songlines across the Wollemi|publisher=[[Sydney Morning Herald]]|date=27 September 2003|access-date=29 July 2016}}</ref>
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