Aboriginal Culture

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The native culture of Australia includes a large number of resistances the oceanic continent before the arrival of the white man. However, all that rich culture is doomed to survive in stocks in which its people are destined to extinction because of the white man.

Aboriginals have lots of special natures, ethics and culture which are most valuable for them. These include sacred paintings which have been obtained from the past generations.

Aboriginal people introduce themselves and their culture through paintings which were created millenniums ago. (KateOwenGallery 2015)
Painting of aboriginals on sacred rocks and barks represent the Dreamtime and the creation of how they lived 50000 years ago. These painting and signs were passed down from

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