Aboriginal facts

If we talk about the timelines of aboriginal culture, it spans from 40to 40years ago. But there are some people who think that the aboriginal history has spanned 80years ago before the first settlement of European people. They are considered to be the descendants of the first group of humans that migrated out of Africa thousands of years ago.

The sun, stars and moon were created too. The colours have special meanings.

The traditional owners of the land which archaeological evidence confirms is the oldest continuous civilisation on earth , extending back over 60years. Let’s talk about the creation of the world through dreamtime story. The aboriginal ancestors were in the dreaming world. At that time, the earth was only a flat surface. It was just a silent, dead and dark world.

Below the surface of the lan there were unformed of lives sleeping there. First came the influx of the strangers who carried with them diseases, which decimated the immediate population of the Sydney tribes.

The red represents the earth, and spiritual relationships to the land. The yellow represents the sun, the giver of life and protector. Many of the languages are already extinct, and some are spoken by only dwindling numbers of elderly people, but a few are still vigorous. Aboriginal rock art on the Barnett River, Mount Elizabeth Station.

In First Nation spirituality the circle is everywhere – the medicine wheel, meetings and gatherings are held in circles, dances go in circles, drums are roun as are sweat lodges and tipis. The circle is the symbol of the cycle of all forms of life. Some argue that it is longer than that and closer to 60years. There were no domesticated animals or crop cultivations as they were hunter gatherers. As well as rock paintings, it includes sand painting, rock and wood carving, and paintings on leaves.

There are many archaeological sites throughout the country where the long history of Indigenous people can be found. Evolution destroys this dreamtime story and removes from their society any basis it had whatsoever. In the last century it has also emerged as one of the world’s most important contemporary art movements. Even though they make up so little of the population, however, 19. The Dreamtime stories are up to and possibly even exceeding 50years ol and have been handed down through the generations for all those years.

Their skins and fur are often used as mats and crafted into shoes and handbags.

One fascinating invention are traditional water carriers. Australian population is indigenous. These complex relationships have been refined and adapted over thousands of years.

Apart from paintings, engravings and sculptures, it also includes wood carving, stone carving, weaving, ceremonial body painting and sand-painting, apart from, of course, the intangible forms viz. Our heritage spans many different communities, each with its own unique mixture of cultures, customs and languages. Immerse yourself in the extraordinary stories and experiences of the world’s oldest living culture. Many of the modern surnames in the dictionary can be traced back to Britain and Ireland.

This book draws from historical documents to address the issues of identity loss. Cloaks are also known to have been made of animals such as quoll, platypus, sugar-glider, and emu. The original Aborigine lived on the land in tribal groups and villages. The language of the people is also called Eora.

A strong centre of cultural attachment for the Darug people has been the Blacks Town in the Blacktown local government area which was known as the Blacktown Shire. It is not generally well understood by non-indigenous people. The land and the people were created by the Spirits. They made the rivers, streams, water holes the lan hills, rocks, plants and animals. These are of crucial importance and involve the whole community.

It is important for the souls of people who have departed from this life to join the “Dreaming”, the timeless continuum of past, present and future.