"It runs through nine different mobs and they all have their own story. Beliefs regarding the creation ancestors and the laws relating to them are shared, and cultural knowledge between these groups may be exchanged, hence enriching each group. The Wollongong artist uses her work to educate school students about Indigenous culture. The disruption to language has much to do with the way Darumbal people were treated. The Evidence is Cut in Stone: A Compelling Argument for Lost High Technology in Ancient Egypt, Dumbarton Castle: Ancient Stronghold and Symbol of Scottish Defiance, Homer’s Iliad Casts Doubt on the Aegean Location of Troy, Harlech Castle: Wales’ Most Formidable Fortress, New Study Solves Flower Mystery that Baffled Charles Darwin, The Life of Khaemweset: Ancient Archaeologist And The First Egyptologist. "It's partly to do with closing the gap, having people understand what it is for Indigenous people to have their culture.". It was a very healing experience.". Teachers, scroll down for a quick list of key resources in… Quelle: ABC Science. One of the most famous of these is that the songlines served as a means for navigating the land. indigenous-culture, Uncle Bill O'Brien grew up near the ocean at Port Macquarie on the Mid North Coast, and his ancestors are from Biripai Country. Star Maps. We seek to retell the story of our beginnings. But songlines also tell the story of country, and the ocean between Yarrabah and Green Island tell the people of the community what they must teach their children. Paleo rock art from around the world ranges in style, method, and age, and includes cave paintings, petroglyphs, pictographs, polished and engraved stones such as effigies, stone sculptures, and portable ceremonial objects. When elders in the Central Australian community of Willowra get lost in the bush, they don't reach for a map, they start singing a song. These Ancestors made epic journeys across Aboriginal lands. Songlines, as they're known, help people in the remote town find water, tell stories, and navigate through space.. (1) Generations of Aborigines followed these pathways, leaving legible marks and etchings on rocks and trees to help future travellers. It is only through co-operation that such a grand map of songlines may be produced, creating “a kind of cultural network of stories that ties all of Aboriginal Australia together.”, Featured image: Screenshot of ‘What are song lines?’ Photo source: Queensland Rural Medical Education, Healing, S. D., 2016. The Songlines show the connectedness between places and the Creation events and ceremonies associated with those places. If you come from this neck of the woods it's Kurriyala the rainbow serpent. "We sat and we talked with her for a while — me, my brother, my sister and a few others, and we talked about Urumbulla.". Our open community is dedicated to digging into the origins of our species on planet earth, and question wherever the discoveries might take us. To celebrate NAIDOC Week, we look at songlines from different parts of Australia. Today, Mt Arthur looks quite different to how it would have appeared before white settlers arrived. Almost everyone knows about Japanese Ninjas and Chinese Shaolin monks. Two houses confirmed lost in Cherry Gardens bushfire as suspicions raised about cause, Man charged with sexually assaulting 92yo, in 'heinous' Sydney attack, The enduring power of Powderfinger's 'My Happiness', 'Immediate and severe' risk to residents at Perth aged care home, national regulator says, Tasmania's Parole Board publishes reason for release of Jamie John Curtis from prison, Indonesia considers importing Mexican cattle as Australian beef prices reach record highs, Cannabis plants found through 'hidden' doorway behind bookshelf, police say, AFLW returns with some welcome changes, but some familiar issues, The mystery of why blue flowers are so rare, Australia Day debate is exhausting and data tells us it could last another generation, This is what lockdown sounds like for millions in the UK, The verses J-Lo didn't sing tell the truth about America, How Premier Mark McGowan could tighten his iron grip on power at WA election.