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    The document discusses Aboriginal art symbols and their meanings. It explains that Aboriginal art tells stories about their lives and beliefs through the use of symbols and dots. Common symbols include animals, nature, Dreamtime gods like the Rainbow Serpent, campfires, shelters, people and activities like gathering. The art is created using natural pigments like ochre and plant dyes applied with sticks, feathers or hands. Aboriginal people see art as part of their spiritual Dreaming and a normal part of life, not a separate activity.

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    The document discusses Aboriginal art symbols and their meanings. It explains that Aboriginal art tells stories about their lives and beliefs through the use of symbols and dots. Common symbols include animals, nature, Dreamtime gods like the Rainbow Serpent, campfires, shelters, people and activities like gathering. The art is created using natural pigments like ochre and plant dyes applied with sticks, feathers or hands. Aboriginal people see art as part of their spiritual Dreaming and a normal part of life, not a separate activity.

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    The document discusses Aboriginal art symbols and their meanings. It explains that Aboriginal art tells stories about their lives and beliefs through the use of symbols and dots. Common symbols include animals, nature, Dreamtime gods like the Rainbow Serpent, campfires, shelters, people and activities like gathering. The art is created using natural pigments like ochre and plant dyes applied with sticks, feathers or hands. Aboriginal people see art as part of their spiritual Dreaming and a normal part of life, not a separate activity.

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    The document discusses Aboriginal art symbols and their meanings. It explains that Aboriginal art tells stories about their lives and beliefs through the use of symbols and dots. Common symbols include animals, nature, Dreamtime gods like the Rainbow Serpent, campfires, shelters, people and activities like gathering. The art is created using natural pigments like ochre and plant dyes applied with sticks, feathers or hands. Aboriginal people see art as part of their spiritual Dreaming and a normal part of life, not a separate activity.

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    The document discusses Aboriginal art and its cultural significance to Aboriginal peoples. It explores symbols, the Dreamtime, Captain Cook's arrival in Australia, and how Aboriginal art is created and viewed.

    Captain Cook claimed Australia was 'empty land' but over 1 million Aboriginal people already lived there. His arrival led to Aboriginal peoples being forced from their homes and suffering racial discrimination.

    The Dreamtime is the time of creation and the connection between humans, the physical world, and sacred spirits. It continues as part of Aboriginal spiritual life today.

    Aboriginal Art:

    Symbols

    Lesson focus

    To explore and present Aboriginal art, and have an


    understanding of the meanings behind it
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKqA3RteH1A&NR=1

    YouTube: Introduction to Aboriginal Art History (1:14 min)


    Julie Yatjitja:
    Line Journey through Country

    Ju Ju Wilson / Kimberley Boab

    Who is Captain Cook?


    In the 18th Century CAPTAIN
    COOK an explorer from
    Europe arrived in
    AUSTRALIA.
    He claimed that Australia was
    EMPTY land but over 1 million
    Aborigines lived there.
    Aborigines were forced from
    their homes, slaughtered and
    suffered racial discrimination.

    What is Dreamtime?
    Aborigines believe that
    Dreamtime is where their lives
    began. It is the connection
    between the HUMAN WORLD
    (people), the PHYSICAL
    WORLD (land) and the
    SACRED WORLD (spirits).
    Dreamtime continues as the
    spiritual lives of aboriginal
    people today

    How can you recognise


    Aboriginal art?

    SYMBOLS
    and DOTS
    are used to
    create
    pictures
    which tell
    stories about
    their lives
    and their
    beliefs.

    What does Aboriginal Art show?


    Aboriginal artwork
    features ANIMALS
    and nature.
    It also features their
    GODS, such as the
    Rainbow Serpents.

    How is Aboriginal Art made?


    They used chewed
    twigs, stones, feathers
    and anything they
    could find as paint
    brushes
    They used natural
    colours called made
    from plants and seeds
    with Yellow, Red and
    Brown colours.

    What do Aborigines believe


    about Art?
    Painting and other artistic
    activities are a part of the
    Dreaming and a part of
    normal daily life.
    There is no concept of a
    special type of person
    called an artist, because,
    in a sense, EVERYONE
    IS AN ARTIST.

    What forms does Aboriginal Art


    come in?

    Dots and Lines!


    Artmaterials
    Ochre was the most important painting material.
    It is a crumbly to hard rock heavily coloured by
    iron oxide. It is pale yellow to dark reddishbrown.
    Paints are made by grinding the rock into power
    then mixing it with a blinder (glue), such as
    spinifex gum, saliva, kangaroo blood, or more
    commonly now, an acrylic binder.

    Examples:Line,repetition,texture

    Greeny Purvis Petyarre: Yam Dreaming


    http://www.aboriginal-art-australia.com/p/602400/greeny-purvis-petyarre-yam-dreaming.html

    Examples:Line,flowingrhythms

    Rusty Peters
    http://www.aboriginal-art-australia.com/p/853811/rusty-peters-touch-the-earth.html

    Examples:Linerepetition,texture
    Charlene Carrington / Kungame Kungame
    http://www.aboriginal-art-australia.com/p/607550/jock-mosquito-marella.html

    Jack Mosquito / Marella


    http://www.aboriginal-art-australia.com/p/607550/jock-mosquito-marella.html

    Examples:Linerepetition,texture

    Ju Ju Wilson: Waterholes
    http://www.aboriginal-art-australia.com/p/1014907/ju-ju-wilson-waterholes.html

    Symbols, Icons, and Imagery

    campfire

    Campfire or waterhole

    http://www.ausemade.com.au/aboriginal/resources/symbols/symbols.htm#1

    camp

    Symbols, Icons, and Imagery

    People sitting

    http://www.ausemade.com.au/aboriginal/resources/symbols/symbols.htm#1

    Women and children: teaching

    Symbols, Icons, and Imagery

    gathering

    shelter

    http://www.ausemade.com.au/aboriginal/resources/symbols/symbols.htm#1

    meeting place

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