Aboriginal Art

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​Aboriginal Art

Aboriginals are the first people to live in Australia. People first migrated to Australia at least 65,000 years ago. There are many distinct Aboriginal peoples who have developed across Australia. There are still Aboriginals living in Australia.

Who are the Aboriginals?

​What do you know about Australia?

The Great Victorian Desert is the 4th largest desert in the world.

1/3rd Desert

The average temperature in Australia is 71 degrees.

Warm & Sunny

The great barrier reef is the largest coral reef in the world.

Great Reef

There are several pink lakes in Australia. They are pink because of the alga that grows in the lakes.

Pink Lakes

​Australian Fun Facts

Kangaroos can only be found naturally in Australia. They are the largest animal to have a pouch, with some male kangaroos growing to almost 7 feet tall!

​​Kangaroo

Koalas are not bears, but resemble teddy bears. They eat only eucalyptus leaves, and are constantly munching to meet their daily 2-pound quota.

Koala

There are over 10,000 different kinds of spiders in Australia. Many are very dangerous.

Spiders

The platypus has a duck-bill, a beaver tails, and venomous spurs on its feet. It is a semiaquatic, egg-laying mammal

Platypus

​Australian Animals

These small animals are feisty. They are know for fighting among themselves.

​​Tasmanian Devil

​These wild dogs can not bark and are not friendly to humans.

Dingo

​The most dangerous predator in Australia, with males growing over 23 feet long.

Crocodile

There are 3 times more sheep than people in Australia.

Sheep

​Australian Animals

Their dialect has never had a written language so to share their stories they would paint it on the bark from trees, cave walls, and rocks. This is known as Aboriginal art. Aboriginal art uses dots, lines and symbols to tell the story of the past. Aboriginal people would use crushed up natural materials such as berries, shells, clay and charcoal to paint stories of their journeys (also known as Dreamtime stories). Symbols were also used in order to show the presence of different things or objects that existed around them. Aboriginal artists created their works based on how the land was created. Their subject matter was patterns and animals. Sometimes these were not long stories but more like road signs, like the ones we have to remind us that there are deer nearby; however, it was not deer they were warning others of, it was snakes, spiders, crocodiles and kangaroos. Over time, the stories of other people’s journeys have been passed down through the generations as they were told by the elders.uld like.

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Aboriginal Artist