1) What are some of the difficulties the Australian government is going to face if it takes seriously its effort to preserve the Songlines?
2) Describe the "war" between Father Flynn and Father Villaverde. What in your mind would be the best approach for Catholicism to take in regard to the Songlines? What are the rewards or dangers in being syncretic (i.e., in aiming at a reconciliation of Aboriginal with Christian religious life?)
3) What does Flynn mean when he says "The trade route is the Songline" (p. 57). How do you think David Strong ("correlational coexistence") would react to Flynn's account of the nature of "things"?
4) What is The Dreaming? How might you make sense of this idea or reality in your own life? (To answer this question you may want also to look at The Way of the Earth, pp. 47ff.)
5) Read the account of "In the Beginning..." on pp. 72-73. How is it similar and how does it differ from the Judeo-Christian account of creation?
6) Father Terrence states (p. 64): "Isn't it wonderful? To live in the twentieth century? For the first time in history, you don't need to own a thing." What do you think he means here? Do you agree or disagree with him and why?
7) In Songlines how does the open landscape of the Australian interior affect in differing manners both Whites and Aborigines?