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Quaqua cala culture aboriginal2/24/2023 ![]() ![]() You go out into the desert, the people out there will teach you a whole new aspect, a whole new way of looking at the world because their country is different. What I teach you in the Daintree rainforest is one teaching. Similarly, Torres Strait Islanders have their own connection to their island home. While the term Aboriginal is used as a collective for Aboriginal civilisation and society, Aboriginal nations are as diverse as the travel experiences they offer.Įvery part of Australia is considered Aboriginal land and Aboriginal people are bound to a particular territory of land through spiritual links and obligations of care and custodianship to family, community, lore and country. However, more than 350 distinct Indigenous social groupings, also called nations, existed just a few hundred years ago - more than three times the number of countries in Europe and Africa combined. After all, it was colonised by the British as recently as 1788. Australia is often thought of as a young country. ![]() From snowy Mount Kosciuszko in New South Wales to the steamy rainforest of northern Queensland, the continent encompasses desert, temperate and tropical landscape climates. The land of Australia is as diverse as its First Peoples. Learn more about the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flag from the Australian Museum website. ![]() The five-pointed white star beneath symbolises peace, the five island groups within the Torres Strait and the traditional role that the stars play for seafaring people. A white dhari (traditional headdress of the Torres Strait) sits in the centre. These panels are divided by thin black lines representing the Torres Strait Islander peoples. ![]() The Torres Strait Islander flag, designed by the late Mr Bernard Namok and adopted in 1992, has three horizontal panels, with green at the top and bottom (for land), and blue (for sea) in between. Black represents the Aboriginal people the yellow circle symbolises the sun red represents the earth, the red ochre used in ceremonies and Aboriginal peoples’ spiritual relation to the land. The Aboriginal flag, designed by artist Harold Thomas in 1971, is divided into three colours. Two flags represent the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Torres Strait Islanders come from the islands of the Torres Strait between the tip of Cape York in Queensland and Papua New Guinea and share many cultural similarities with the people of Papua New Guinea and the Pacific.Ĭurrently, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples represent less than four per cent of Australia’s population, so an everyday interaction with Australia’s First Peoples is not a given for most visitors. The Indigenous people from the Torres Strait Islands, which are part of the state of Queensland, are regarded as distinct from the Aboriginal peoples of mainland Australia and Tasmania. “We are one, we are different to each other, and we are many,” says Dr Ridgeway. While ‘Aboriginal’ or ‘Indigenous’ may be used to describe Australia’s First Peoples, they see it differently. They are the world’s oldest living culture, and their unique identity and spirit continues to exist in every corner of the country. Australia’s Indigenous peoples have lived on the country’s vast lands for tens of thousands of years. ![]()
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