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  2. Possum-skin cloak - Wikipedia

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    As Aboriginal people were dispossessed of their land, the making and wearing of cloaks became rarer. In addition, white missionaries and others were very efficient in the distribution of clothing and blankets to Aboriginal communities which, over a few generations, caused the tradition of possum skin cloak making to die out.

  3. Category:Australian Aboriginal clothing - Wikipedia

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    This category describes traditional and historic Australian Aboriginal clothing. Modern Australian clothing should be categorised under Australian fashion or Clothing companies of Australia Pages in category "Australian Aboriginal clothing"

  4. Buka cloak - Wikipedia

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    Today many Aboriginal people have new cloaks and rugs made from kangaroo skins. They are used in performances or worn for warmth. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Ken Wyatt , Australia's first Indigenous cabinet minister, wore a traditional buka when delivering his first speech to parliament in 2010.

  5. Aboriginal Australians - Wikipedia

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    Most Aboriginal people today speak English and live in cities. Some may use Aboriginal phrases and words in Australian Aboriginal English (which also has a tangible influence of Aboriginal languages in the phonology and grammatical structure). Many but not all also speak the various traditional languages of their clans and peoples.

  6. Aboriginal cultures of Western Australia - Wikipedia

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    Aboriginal traditional cultures have been greatly impacted since the colonisation of Australia began. During the late 19th and early 20th century it was assumed that Aboriginal Australians were a dying race and would eventually disappear. [7] While Aboriginal populations in Western Australia did decline until the 1930s, they have since increased.

  7. Australian Aboriginal fibrecraft - Wikipedia

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    Hairstring is an important textile traditionally made by Aboriginal Australians. People, particularly women, would cut their hair regularly using quartz or flint knives. This hair is never wasted. It can be spun into long threads of yarn on a spindle rolled on the thigh and then plaited to about the thickness of 8 ply wool.

  8. Australian Aboriginal culture - Wikipedia

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    Australian Aboriginal art has a history spanning thousands of years. Aboriginal artists continue these traditions using both modern and traditional materials in their artworks. Aboriginal art is the most internationally recognizable form of Australian art.

  9. Pintupi - Wikipedia

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    The Pintupi are an Australian Aboriginal group who are part of the Western Desert cultural group and whose traditional land is in the area west of Lake Macdonald and Lake Mackay in Western Australia. These people moved (or were moved) into the Aboriginal communities of Papunya and Haasts Bluff in the west of the Northern Territory in the 1940s ...

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