Australia – Page 3 – Our Shadows Will Remain

Out of Petrol in the Outback

It was the last day, the drive into Darwin. The night before we had been lost in the van, driving up and down the road looking for the overnight parking spot we had seen before entering Litchfield national park a few days earlier. The van my girlfriend and I were driving had to be returnedContinue reading “Out of Petrol in the Outback”

Waterfall

Into the Distance

The Heart of a Nation

The city of Canberra was designed especially to be the capital city of Australia in 1908. Melbourne and Sydney were rival cities and both fighting to become the capital, it was decided to build a new city that would be situated between the two. Because of this Canberra is an entirely planned city and designedContinue reading “The Heart of a Nation”

Reflection

The long walk

To finish my posts about Aboriginal culture in Australia I would like to cover a few areas where Aboriginal culture is present in current Australian society that I haven’t already mentioned. It is still a long road to reduce the social gap and a continuous battle raise awareness for their struggle. I want to begin with TheContinue reading “The long walk”

Aboriginal Art

Aboriginals in Tourism

With the encouragement of the Australian Government Aboriginal tourism has been established as a way for the indigenous people to tell their story in their own way. These people can now share their cultural insights, traditional practices and contemporary concerns with international visitors and non-Indigenous Australians. The Indigenous people of Australia see this type ofContinue reading “Aboriginals in Tourism”

Dreamtime

Australian Aboriginals are bound by a belief that interconnects them with the land, spirituality, law and care of the environment. The Dreamtime is the period of creation where humans and other life-forms emerged from the earth creating all living things and landscapes we see today. Creation beliefs can vary across Australia but they are allContinue reading “Dreamtime”

History of Australian Aboriginals

It is predicted that there were around 300,000 Aboriginal people living in Australia when the British arrived in 1788. The Indigenous Australia’s lived in small family groups and lived a semi-nomadic life, moving with the changes in the seasons. At certain times large groups would meet for social, ceremonial and trade purposes, it is estimatedContinue reading “History of Australian Aboriginals”