Unit 8- 11.Net Search 1.Aboriginal art and culture

[mcgranados]

Aboriginal people have lived in Australia for tens of thousands of years. During that time, records (some dating from extreme antiquity) were passed down through the generations through spoken allegories, myths and songs. The consensus among sholars for the arrival of humans of Australia is placed at 40.000 to 50.000 years ago. Indigenous Australians are the first human inhabitants of the Australian continent.

Australia is often said to have been discovered by Royal Navy Lieutenant (later Captain) James Cook in 1770. But it is possible that the Spanish or Portuguese Luis Váez de Torres working for the Spanish Crown sighted Australia when he sailed through the Torres strait in 1605. The written history of Australia began in 1606, when Pedro Fernandes de Queirós, a Portuguese navigator sailing for the Spanish Crown, reached there in 1606.

The history of Australia from 1851-1900 continues Australia's colonial history, the discovery of gold in 1851 wich lead to increased economic and political independence from Britain. The history of Australia since 1945 has seen a move away from Britain in political, social and cutural terms to engagement with the United States and Asia.

A didgeridoo is an ancestral wind instrument used by aboriginal people of Australia. Basically, it is a wooden tube that is played doing to vibrate lips inside of the tube.

We can find other examples of aboriginal art in Peru, Mexico, Guatemala, Argentina.

I can't search anything about indigenous art in my country.

[estherm]

Hi mcgranados,
I read your missage and I found it very interesting, I send my answer too.

• How far back does Aboriginal culture date? (How long have Aborigines lived in Australia?)
The aborigines have been living in Australia more than 60,000 years.
• When did Europeans come to Australia?
The Europeans came to Australia in 1770.
• What happened when they came?
When they came to Australia the number of aborigines was between 300,000 and 750,000. However in 1911, the population decreased to 31,000 aborigines.
• What is a didgeridoo?
The didgeridoo is considered the national instrument of Australian Aborigines, and it is claimed to be the world’s oldest wind instrument.

• Look at some more examples of Aboriginal art.
Aboriginal art includes painting on leaves, wood carving, rock carving, and sculpture. We can found artistic aboriginal decoration on weapons and tools.
• Is there anything on the Internet about indigenous art of your country?
The first inhabitants of the land that now is known as Catalonian, was in the beginning of the Medium Palaeolithic. The most ancient rest is a jaw of a pre-Neanderthal man found in Banyoles. This rest has more than 25,000 years.

Best whishes,
Estherm

[eblasco]

Hi everyone!!, this is my contribution:
•How far back does Aboriginal culture date? (How long have Aborigines lived in Australia?)
Aboriginal culture dates back at least 50,000 years and there are may people who think it could be closer to 150.000 years
•When did Europeans come to Australia?
The first settlement was in 1788. A British military colony was established in eastern Australia.
•What happened when they came?
The native people were turned into a permanent underclass and could never really gain equality in their own country. Like as native Americans.
•What is a didgeridoo?
The aboriginal didgeridoo (didjeridu, dijeridu, yidaki) is a long, wooden wind instrument or horn used traditionally by the aboriginal people of Northern Australia.
•Look at some more examples of Aboriginal art.
Lot of Aboriginal Art to buy:
http://www.aboriginalartonline.com/index.php
•Is there anything on the Internet about indigenous art of your country?
Not really.