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When was Australia Inhabited by people |
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What was the subject matter for the rock paintings and engravings |
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How far can artworks be taken back |
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What does the term Indigenous mean |
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Originating in or characterising a particular region. The term is used into relation to Indigenous cultures e.g. Aboriginal culture is the Indigenous culture of Australia |
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What does the term Traditional Indigenous Art mean |
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Traditional Indigenous Art were made to reflect Dream time and display a wide range of images and mark making. Traditional art making was not made by a "artist" but by individuals that had the knowledge and skill to make the work |
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What does the term dream time mean |
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The dream time are stories and explanations that Aboriginals use to explain the world and how the world came into being |
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Before European settlement how did art exist |
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In rock paintings, sand paintings, bark and body paintings |
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With what materials were rock paintings made |
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Natural pigments, mixed with animal fats, tree sap |
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Traditional people used to represent their world through |
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- Animal and humans - Abstract patterns and symbols |
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What groups looked after the rock paintings |
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Four colours traditionally used |
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Red: Iron ore Yellow: Yellow ochre White: Kaolin clay and gypsum Black: Charcoal from burnt plants and wood |
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How were pigments applied |
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Fingers, sticks, fine twigs, grass bushes, brushed made from plant and animal fibers |
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The Mimi are fragile like stick fingers they were portrayed dancing, singing or hunting they lived in the cracks of rocks |
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The Mimi were dream time ancestor taught the Aboriginal people how to hunt, sing and perform rituals |
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What did the Wandjina look like |
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Has large eyes and a stick noes is surrounded by a halo if hair that represents the clouds the lines jutting out of the head symbolize lightning. There is a dominant use of light |
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