You have used the internet to learn about a traditional culture that is worlds aparts from your own. You have found out that Australian Aboriginals are the world's oldest known civilization. Their Dreamtime stories are depicted in their art and reveal over 40,000 years of history. They demonstrate a respect and love for their culture and their land .You have learned that Aboriginal art has no written language and consequently tribal people rely on storytelling through painting, song, and dance to pass their Dreamtime stories on from one generation to another. How ironic that this culture which had no written language should now be transmitted across the world through the immediacy of the internet.
Aborigines paint, sing and dance their harmony with nature and promote survival without destruction.
They take strength from the ocean and hold sacred the creatures of the sea. All of us can learn much about holding onto the land, the sea, and traditional arts by studying Australia's Aboriginal people. I hope you continue to keep your long distance friendships with the students of the Yirrkala. Last updated October 12, 1997. Return to the Menu Page Based on a template from The Webquest Page .