National Museum of Australia's latest acquisition depicts the Rainbow Serpent's wrath in the form of Cyclone Tracy

 In 1975, in the wake of Cyclone Tracy's destruction of Darwin, Rover Thomas had a series of powerful dreams in which the spirit of his recently deceased aunty visited him.

Over many dreams, she told him that when she died, her spirit had surveyed the devastation the cyclone had caused and she had visited him to share the lesson she had learnt.

Her message propelled the renowned Kimberley artist into action, leading to the creation of one of his major works Jabanunga Goorialla (The Rainbow Serpent).

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