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Australian Aboriginal English (AAE) is a dialect of Australian English used by a large section of the Indigenous Australian (Aboriginal Australian and Torres Strait Islander) population. Australian Kriol is an English-based creole language that developed from a pidgin used in the early days of European colonisation.
Aboriginal man with shield and boomerang Child asleep in wooden dish, central Australia, c.1940s. Australian Aboriginal artefacts include a variety of cultural artefacts used by Aboriginal Australians. Most Aboriginal artefacts were multi-purpose and could be used for a variety of different occupations.
A traditional hat of Assam, India. Plain and decorative jaapis are available. Kalpak: A traditional hat of Bulgaria, Turkey, Ukraine and Central Asia. Made primarily of lamb fur, it comes in a variety of regional styles. Karakul: A hat made from the fur of the Karakul breed of sheep, typically worn by men in Central and South Asia. Keffiyah or ...
Leading international authority on Indigenous cultural and intellectual property, Australian lawyer Terri Janke, says that within Australian Indigenous communities, "the use of the word 'traditional' tends not to be preferred as it implies that Indigenous culture is locked in time". [45]
Aboriginal men in Victoria with war implements (c. 1883) by Fred Kruger A group of Aboriginal men in possum skin cloaks and blankets in 1858 at Penshurst in Victoria. In the 1800s Governor Lachlan Macquarie, after inspecting the recently forged road across the Blue Mountains west of Sydney, wrote about meeting some members of the Wiradjuri at the Bathurst camp:
A kurdaitcha, or kurdaitcha man, also spelt gadaidja, cadiche, kadaitcha, karadji, [1] or kaditcha [2] (Arrernte orthography: kwertatye), is a type of shaman and traditional executioner amongst the Arrernte people, an Aboriginal group in Central Australia. The name featherfoot is used to denote the same figure by other Aboriginal peoples. [3] [4]
Bora is an initiation ceremony of the Aboriginal people of Eastern Australia.The word "bora" also refers to the site on which the initiation is performed. At such a site, boys, having reached puberty, achieve the status of men.
South Australia: Register of Aboriginal Sites and Objects [45] [46] Tasmania: The Aboriginal Heritage Register has over 13,000 places and objects on its database. [47] Victoria: The Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Register and Information System (ACHRIS) is the online tool that is used to access the Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Register. [48] [49 ...