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As legend has been told passed from generation to generation and from tribe to tribe, the Relay Race which now forms one of the Olympic Events first began from Aboriginals carrying messages between tribes or from campsite to campsite.
In some cases, when the messages were urgent, two separate messengers were sent in different directions with the same message, making sure the communication arrived in the fastest time possible.
Whenever two messengers were sent at the same time, the young warriors always ran their fastest to see who would reach the final destination in the quickest time. In some cases messages had to be relayed from tribe to tribe as one person could not cover the huge distances by themselves. Hence the relay race commenced.
In the painting can be seen the baton (or message) in the middle with the Aboriginals around the outside of the painting passing the batons from person to person or from tribe to tribe crossing over the many creeks and hills on their way.
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