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Australian Aboriginal culture includes a number of practices and ceremonies centered on a belief in the Dreamtime and other mythology. Reverence and respect for the land and oral traditions are emphasised. The words "law" and "lore", the latter relating to the customs and stories passed down through the generations, are commonly used ...
A Luritja man demonstrating method of attack with boomerang under cover of shield (1920). The oldest surviving cultural traditions of Australia—and some of the oldest surviving cultural traditions on earth—are those of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, collectively referred to as Indigenous Australians.
Dispersing across the Australian continent over time, the ancient people expanded and differentiated into distinct groups, each with its own language and culture. [56] More than 400 distinct Australian Aboriginal peoples have been identified, distinguished by names designating their ancestral languages, dialects, or distinctive speech patterns ...
[13] [14] [15] Since the 1980s, [16] First Nations and non-First Nations Australian academics have developed an understanding of a deeply rooted custodial obligation, or custodial ethic, that underpins Aboriginal Australian culture, and could offer significant benefits for sustainable land management and reconciliation in Australia. [17] [18] [19]
Australian anthropologists willing to generalise suggest Aboriginal myths still being performed across Australia by Aboriginal peoples serve an important social function amongst their intended audiences: justifying the received ordering of their daily lives; [16] helping shape peoples' ideas; and assisting to influence others' behaviour. [17]
Australian folklore refers to the folklore and urban legends that have evolved in Australia from Aboriginal Australian myths to colonial and contemporary folklore including people, places and events, that have played part in shaping the culture, image and traditions that are seen in contemporary Old Australia.
Australian Government. Australian Law Reform Commission. 18 August 2010. Morphy, Howard (2003). "Cross-cultural categories, Yolngu science and local discourses". Living Knowledge. Centre for Cross-Cultural Research, The Australian National University – via ANU." Yolngu assert that they have their own law (rom) in a number of different contexts...
Min Min light term may originate with aboriginal groups Cloncurry area (with the Mitakoodi, Kalkadoon and Pitta Pitta aboriginal people) in Queensland, sightings in NSW and Western Australia; Rainbow Serpent, a common feature of the art and mythology of Indigenous Australian cultures [4]