In his desire to record the ephemeral nature of this art, which was either washed, trampled or blown away after the event, Barton encouraged his students to commit these symbols to the more permanent medium of synthetic polymer paints (acrylics). As an artist he was intrigued by the 'dot and circle' designs he saw in Aboriginal body painting and sand drawings. In order to gain the trust of the various indigenous groups, Bardon integrated socially with the community and immersed himself in their language and culture. In 1971, Geoffrey Bardon, a graduate from the National Art School in Sydney, took up a post as a primary school teacher in the remote government settlement at Papunya, about 150 miles northwest of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory.
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