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symbols
discoveries and artists
types of art
aboriginal history
Aboriginal mythology
100
how could you tell if a person was male of female?
the "U" next to the person
100
what did Johnny Warrangkula Tjupurrula have problems with?
alcoholism and poverty
100
wich style of art involves showing the inner organs and bone structures?
X-ray art
100
who found their way to Australia more than 40,000 years ago?
Aboriginals
100
what do the aboriginals call there religion?
dreamtime
200
what do animal tracks represent?
the pathway that animals make on the earth
200
what is Johnny Warrangkula Tjupurrula considered?
the pioneer of modern aboriginal abstract art
200
who claimed Australia for Great Britain?
James Cook
200
the created forms of nature, the earth, the sun, the moon and the stars
ancient ancestors
300
what do straight lines represent?
aboriginals here on earth
300
how did the world become aware of aboriginal art?
from the Papunya Tula Aboriginal artists movement in 1970
300
this type of painting is made up of symbols and dots
dot paintings
300
where were the Aboriginals believed to have come from?
Southeast Asia
300
what did some of the gods look like?
they had animal heads and human bodies
400
what do curved lines represent?
how rain travels when it hits the earth how streams and underground water flows
400
what did Bob Carr find in 1955?
cave paintings
400
what sources did some paintings show?
food sources?
400
who worked with Samuel Marsden to convert Aboriginal children?
Richard Johnson
400
why do they find items of nature sacred?
when the gods left the earth they turned into these items
500
what do concentric circles represent?
campsite
500
why are a lot cave paintings missed?
they are covered by moss and other shrubs
500
wich style of art can be stenciled and in 1955 a huge amount of these were found?
Bob Carr
500
when other influences came in contact with the aboriginal people, were they influenced?
they were not influenced
500
what do aboriginals believe their purpose is?
their purpose id to be guardians of nature