ABORIGINAL CULTURE

WHO ARE THE ABORIGINES?

• The native inhabitants of Australia.
• First humans to arrive at Australia roughly 50,000 years ago.

ABORIGINAL ART

• Aborigines used natural materials to paint.
• Their paintings normally consisted of dots and lines, but many of these created intricate pictures.

HOW DID THEY GET TO AUSTRALIA?

• Aborigines are thought to have migrated from Africa.
• They followed the coasts of Africa, Asia and India on their journey.
• It is theorized that a pregnant woman arrived at Australia through the tides of the ocean.

FIRST ENCOUNTER OF ABORIGINES AND EUROPEANS