Australian Aboriginal mythology

The British colonization were forceful in the southern provinces. Aboriginal mythology has experienced huge changes in light of significant social and social changes. Learning of Creation myths has declined, albeit contemporary Aboriginal individuals have kept up and built up a rich old stories fixated on spirits and apparitions. While the Australian anthropological writing recognizes the critical religious measurements of Creation myths, investigations of the secularized old stories of indigenous groups living in country and urban territories have been to a great extent dismissed. This paper researches the parts of Australian Aboriginal mythology in late indigenous and non-indigenous societies inside mild Australia. (Clarke 2007, p.141).…

Some of the oldest art traditions in the world originate in Australian, art can be found carved in rock dating back 30,000 years. The Aboriginal people were also body painters and made ground designs by arranging small stones to create patterns. One of the most interesting is the art carved in tree-bark showing skill, inspiration and creativity. The Aboriginal people are also known for tracking, they have successfully tracked and found people that were lost for days. Aboriginal Myths …

this period is also concerned with balance and the relationship between the world’s spiritual, moral and natural elements. Collectively, this is what is known as the Dreaming (Stanner, 1958). As such, connection to the natural environment and to the land by individuals or groups is considered sacred and irrevocable (Fryer-Smith, 2008). The Dreaming is the focus of spirituality for Indigenous Australian people. It dictates the social, moral and religious behaviour and laws that Indigenous…

Banjo Patterson was born in 1964 in New South Wales. He was an Australian bush poet, journalist and author. Most of his ballads focused on the Australian way of life in the outback. He has produced many well-known ballads such as “The Man from Snowy River “and “Clancy of the Overflow” also his infamous ballad “Waltzing Matilda”. “Waltzing Matilda” was originally created in 1895 and the title is Australian slang for ‘going walkabout with your swag’. The ballad narrates the story of a lonely,…

In this world, each person can have a different perspective and opinion on one exact thing such as a political issue, the appearance of a certain individual, object, etc. The poems “My Country” by Dorothea Mackellar and “We Are Going” by Oodgeroo Noonuccal are both written in their own personal perspectives and give readers an insight into Australia’s exquisite environment and past tragedies. In Dorothea Mackellar’s poem “My Country”, she shares her admiration for Australia’s beauty and danger,…

The spirited paintings Emily painted were in response to the land of her birth using the shapes and patterns of the contours of the landscape as well as the cycles of the seasons and parched land of the Northern Territory (). Furthermore, she included the flow of flooding waters and sweeping rains in her paintings unlike Tjapaltjarri who painted the Dreaming Kngwarreye’s inspiration came from her land including things like the patterns of seeds and the shapes of plants as well as the spiritual…

The Australian flag debate is an interrupted enquiry over whether the Australian flag should be changed, particularly to eliminate the Union Jack from the canton, but to perhaps introduce a completely new design without the Southern Cross. John Blaxland who approves a proposal for a new mature Australian flag, agrees that the flag should be changed. Although there is a lot of controversy around this argument. For example Allan Pidgeon argues that Australia should change its flag. However some…

Folklore is used in all different types of culture in many different ways. Australian folklore is mostly about the way of the aborigine’s. Folklore are stories passed down from older to newer generations it’s based on Myths, Legends, and Fairy Tales. Legends are based on historical facts, characters or events that have been embellished. Myths have supernatural beings or mythical creatures and are based on religion. Fairy Tales include imaginary creatures, sometimes magic, and has the theme of…

Why would we fly it, parade it, wave it and wear it, if it didn’t serve its purpose? The Australian National Flag is a crucial figure in our Australian Identity, and therefore the change in its design is unnecessary. It is obvious that the cost of such a thing would implode on our national budget, lose symbolic denotations embedded in the current flag and change the way our country is perceived internationally. As a nation, we need to fight to keep the innate design of the Australian National…

Assimilating the Natives in the U.S. and Australia The reading Assimilating the Natives in the U.S. and Australia written by Gary Foley in June 2000 interrogates, from an indigenous perspective, the suggestion that Assimilation means different things to Australian and United States governments. In Order to do so Foley examines colonial origins, notions of race and white supremacist mythology. Foley looks at how each of these perceptions resulted in the treatment of indigenous people and draws…