Aboriginal art's origins lie in a pre-hieroglyphic age, a time when there was no written language.

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Some collectors who snapped up aboriginal art before its prime have profited more than the artists.

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Many collectors had no idea that aboriginal art would become one of the art world's fastest-growing profit centres.

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The real value of aboriginal art lies in a heritage that can be traced to the earliest known painters.

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"Aboriginal art had never appeared at auction before, and it was incredible to see the reaction to it, " said Cavazzini.

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It wasn't until the 1990s that a secondary market for Aboriginal art developed, but it quickly began to make serious money.

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The enthusiasm for aboriginal art has encouraged artists to venture beyond the more primitive style and has turned some of them into well-paid stars.

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Richard Kelton, a collector in Los Angeles, began buying aboriginal art pieces during holiday journeys to Australia simply because they were appealing to his eye.

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We know this not only by the strange, shiny grey appearance of the sandstone - caused by centuries of polishing by human skin - but also by the fluent lines of Aboriginal art on the overhanging rock face beside me.

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"A whole new world opened up with the introduction of acrylics and canvas -- the changing of materials let their creativity just really open up, " said Adrian Mibus, director of Whitford Fine Art gallery in London, which is currently holding a selling exhibition of Aboriginal art.

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The latter applies to Lily Kelly Napangardi, an artist included in the Whitford exhibition, who paints from the bird's-eye view perspective typical of Aboriginal landscape art.

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The National Gallery boasts art ranging from aboriginal work to 20th century paintings, while the botanic gardens have some of the most exotic plants globally.

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The company does that through its traditional Aboriginal dance company and its expertise in history, contemporary art and bush tucker (food).

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