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Perhaps the peer-review process rejected Pettigrew's paper in the standard archaeology and rock art academic journals and the only place that would accept the paper was "Clinical and Experimental Optometry"

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My intuition thought that same, at least he can publish somewhere... Both Pettigrew and Walsh were fringe, no doubt about that, but that doesn't imply they are not to be taken seriously, alot of academic research is funded by what is popular and not necessarily what is true. The wikipedia page is largely consensus views which, if viewed carefully, this research is quite antithetical to, so of course it will be anathema to the current wikipedia article on Gwion Gwion rock paintings. All of this aside, i think the research should be viewed in an unbiased manner regardless of whether they are credentialed (which by the way Pettigrew is quite the scholar if you look at his records, but nevertheless).

Still the point is that a direct east bearing would get them to the Kimberley, nothing fantastical here, no complicated navigation required, which makes it seem all the more plausible. All the other evidence, I admit, isn't a smoking gun, but is something that should be reviewed in academic archaeological research, but isn't for all sorts of political and social reasons as well as land rights.

If you look at this video

you will see that this is the current accepted view (that the paintings were done by Aboriginal people), and that everyone else has "problems with the misperceptions". This is as far as they go, no answers about where the Baobabs came from, etc... Ouzman just dismisses it as "misperception" and a "pathology of british colonialism". Not trying to say it is false, just want to see a real discourse on it instead of dismissal, I am half black if that convinces you I have no "right wing political agenda"...

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Here's what Pettigrew found with the very similar distribution of Bradshaws and Baobabs:

Aussie Shroomer said:

Nice finds my fellow Australian's! I never seem to find any, apparently they grow in Darwin but I'm still yet to find them 🤷‍♂️

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tok1n said:

Are you sure they grow in Darwin?

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Yeah mate, during the build up, when the humidity is above 90% and it's rained a few times, Pan Cyan's have been found in buffalo crap out bush and in cow crap in the cattle holding yards, although I myself have yet to find some! I need to put more effort and time in, however I'll be having a go at growing some Pan Cyan very soon as I have a spore syringe

Warrk said:

Aussie Shroomer said:

Nice finds my fellow Australian's! I never seem to find any, apparently they grow in Darwin but I'm still yet to find them 🤷‍♂️

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No they don't grow in Darwin, not subs anyway, that's way too north for subs.

But there was a recent discovery in the Top End of a potentially new Psilocybe species so there could well be some "magic" in and around Darwin:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-04-02/new-species-of-magic-mushroom-discovered-in-kakadu/100960044

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But there was a recent discovery in the Top End of a potentially new Psilocybe species so there could well be some "magic" in and around Darwin:

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tok1n said:

Oh blue meanies... Hope you can get onto some, heard they pack a punch...

@Warrk

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But there was a recent discovery in the Top End of a potentially new Psilocybe species so there could well be some "magic" in and around Darwin:

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Going to be doing some searching about "Psilocybe brunneocystidiata", very cool!

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