Practices and ceremonies
Belief systems
Music
Art
Traditional recreation
100
This is an initiation ceremony in which young boys (Kippas) become men.
What is Bora
100
Indigenous Australians' oral tradition and spiritual values are based upon reverence for the land and a belief in the DT
What is belief in the Dreamtime
100
This is commonly considered the national instrument of Australian Aborigines.
What is didgeridoo
100
aboriginal artists continue these traditions using both this and this materials in their artworks
What is modern and traditional
100
The Djabwurrung and Jardwadjali people of western Victoria once participated in the traditional game of this, a type of football played with possum hide. The game is believed by some commentators, including Martin Flanagan, Jim Poulter and Col Hutchinson, to have inspired Tom Wills, inventor of the code of Australian rules football.
What is Marn Grook
200
It is a ceremonial meeting for Australian Aboriginal people.
What is corroboree
200
The Rainbow Serpent is a major ancestral being for many Aboriginal people across Australia.
What is The Rainbow Serpent
200
It has possibly been used by the people of the region for 1500 years. Clapping sticks are probably the more ubiquitous musical instrument, especially because they help maintain rhythm.
What is Kakadu
200
Several styles of Aboriginal art have developed in modern times including the watercolour paintings of this
What is Albert Namatjira, the Hermannsburg School, and the acrylic Papunya Tula
200
There are many indigenous players of Australian Rules Football at professional level, with approximately one in ten players being of indigenous origin.
What is AFL
300
This is a cleansing ritual performed on special occasions.
What is smoking ceremony
300
In the 1991 census, almost 74 percent of Aboriginal respondents identified with Christianity, up from 67 percent in the 1986 census.
What is 67 to 74 persent
300
Aboriginal musicians have branched into rock and roll, hip hop and reggae. This is one of the most well known modern bands playing in a style known as Aboriginal rock.
What is Yothu Yindi
300
There types of art depends on the type of rock being used. Many different methods are used to create rock engravings. There are several different types of Rock art across Australia, the most famous of which is Murujuga in Western Australia, the Sydney rock engravings around Sydney in New South Wales, and the Panaramitee rock art in Central Australia.
What is Rock engraving
300
This Aboriginal game was set up to enhance both a spear-thrower’s accuracy and distance. Points are awarded on both bases, with the target throws making for a particularly entertaining contest.It was played in areas of South Australia.
What is Battendi
400
They are objects of religious significance by Central Australian Aboriginal Arrernte (Aranda, Arundta) groups
What is Tjurunga or churinga
400
He is a significant ancestor in the interior regions of Bandiyan as he formed the songlines that cross the continent from north to south and east to west. The Yowie and Bunyip are other ancestral beings.
What is Dingo Dreaming
400
In 1997 the State and Federal Governments set up the (ACPA) to preserve and nurture aboriginal music and talent across all styles and genres from traditional to contemporary.
What is Aboriginal Centre for the Performing Arts
400
These types of art consists of various paint colours like yellow (the sun), brown (the soil), red (desert sand) and white (the clouds and the sky). These are traditional Aboriginal colours.
What is Dot painting
400
Testifying to this abundance of indigenous talent, the Aboriginal All-Stars, an AFL-level all-Aboriginal football side competes against any one of the Australian Football League's current football teams in pre-season tests.
What is indigenous talent
500
This identified by Australian archaeologist Rhys Jones in 1969, is the practice of regularly and systematically burning patches of vegetation used in Central to Northern Australia to facilitate hunting, to reduce the frequency of major bush-fires, and to change the composition of plant and animal species in an area.
What is Fire-stick farming
500
In principle, census information could identify how widespread are traditional Aboriginal beliefs compared to other belief systems such as Christianity; however the official census in Australia does not include traditional Aboriginal beliefs as a religion.
What is Abergional beliefs
500
There are probably the more ubiquitous musical instrument, especially because they help maintain rhythm.
What is Clapping sticks
500
This type of painting regarded as fine art, and the finest art command high prices on the international art markets.
What is Bark paintings
500
A popular children's game in some parts of Australia is throwing the play stick. The winner throws the week week furthest or the most accurately.
What is weet weet
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