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Aboriginal Society and their Development
Today it is my turn to give a speech. One article in the latest issue of the World and Press gave me the idea to talk about the Aboriginal people and their way of living and how they were treated by the white people.
The article itself is about an unusually rare and untouched collection of ancient Aboriginal rock art. ...
I thought it would be more interesting for you if you get to know some facts and traditions about the Aboriginal way of living and their old culture. ...
I am born of the land, my soul is the sun
Nature is my mother, I am Mother Natures son
The wind is my spirit, running wild, running free
Water is my mirror, reflecting visions in me
I am like a great river that slowly runs dry
Polluted and abused, I am the river - slowly - I die
I am a child of the earth created from dust
I live for this land, taking only what I must
I am a hunter of animals imitating their stance
I am what I hunt, I am its spirit in the dance
I am a painter of wall, I am an artist of dreams
Depicting mythological creatures and spirits in my scenes
I am from the Never Never, a time long gone by
The dreaming is my creation, I am at home when I die
I own no land for the land owns me
Thats how it has been, how it always will be
For I am - what I am - I am - Aborigine
1 History
Anthropologists and historians calculate that Aboriginal society has inhabited mainland Australia for over 40,000 years. The Aboriginal population past to 1788 is estimated by academics to have been between 500,000 and a million people. ... The Aboriginal day to day living was defined by a set of complex social laws, customs and beliefs all of which differed from one group to another according to their creation ethic. ... The survival and strength of Aboriginal society lay in group dynamics rather than the dynamics of individualism as found in most western cultures.
Approximate Word count = 1684
Approximate Pages = 6.7
(250 words per page double spaced)
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