Language also carries meaning beyond the words themselves. It is a platform which allows cultural knowledge to be passed on. For Indigenous Australian people, the great Ancestral beings brought language with them. So speaking in language is also a powerful connection to the ancestral spirits. ...
Meaning the couple has not received an official church blessing or any other type of legal confirmation of their relationship. So in current times, if you do not have any confirmation about your marriage, your marriage would not exist. The other interesting thing about Aboriginals way in current...
beings whose actions created the world. Whilst Europeans consider these cultural ancestors to be magical many Aboriginal people still believe in their literal existence. The meaning and significance of particular places and creatures
Ngurunderi then went to Kangaroo Island, called Ngurungaui, meaning 'on Ngurunderi track', referring to the path taken by all spirits on their way to the spirit world. He made a large Casuarina tree, under which he rested. Then he walked down to the western side of the island, and ...
and questions of humane treatment came to have a more practical meaning. But in outlying areas, maltreatment, violence, and the forced removal of children of mixed descent lingered on beyond the 1940s. Further, wherever European settlement was intensive, miscegenation took place, and Aboriginal peop...
The mythical undertones carried by the traditional Aboriginal art gives the paintings a spiritual meaning. This is one of the most distinctive features of Aboriginal art. Totem representation and storytelling are all part of Aboriginal art. The Aboriginal Pieces of art represented many details and ...