The tribes are continually at war with one another, and have regular pitched battles; but the moment that one is killed on either side, the battle ceases, until they carry off their dead, and mourn for certain days, according to their custom; Bedaubing themselves over with black earth, and on another day the fight begins and ends in a similar way.
"Journals Of Two Expeditions Of Discovery In North-West And Western Australia, Vol. 1 (of 2)"
George Grey
The only other vestige of drawing contained in the cave is evidently the mere impression of a hand, which has been rubbed over with the red paint with which the natives are in the constant habit of Bedaubing themselves, and has then been pressed in on the wall.
"Journals Of Two Expeditions Of Discovery In North-West And Western Australia, Vol. 1 (of 2)"
George Grey