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Many poets and novelists and specialised writers (missionaries, anthropologists, historians etc.) have written about the Australian outback from first-hand experience. These works frequently address race relations in Australia, often from a personal point of view, with Australian Aboriginal people used as a theme or subject. [1]
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.
The Pitjantjatjara (/ ˌ p ɪ tʃ ən tʃ ə ˈ tʃ ɑːr ə /; [1] Pitjantjatjara: [ˈpɪɟanɟaɟaɾa] or [ˈpɪɟanɟaɾa]) are an Aboriginal people of the Central Australian desert near Uluru. They are closely related to the Yankunytjatjara and Ngaanyatjarra and their languages are, to a large extent, mutually intelligible (all are ...
Different approaches have been taken by non-Aboriginal scholars in trying to understand and define Aboriginal culture and societies, some focusing on the micro-level (tribe, clan, etc.), and others on shared languages and cultural practices spread over large regions defined by ecological factors.
Warri and Yatungka have been referred to as "star-crossed lovers" by the press, who saw their story as Romeo and Juliet-like.[3] [5] [7] [8] [9]Peasley's The Last of the Nomads (published 1983) is an international best-selling non-fiction book that documents the life of Warri and Yatungka.
Tourism sign post in Yalgoo, Western Australia. The Outback is a remote, vast, sparsely populated area of Australia.The Outback is more remote than the bush.While often envisaged as being arid, the Outback regions extend from the northern to southern Australian coastlines and encompass a number of climatic zones, including tropical and monsoonal climates in northern areas, arid areas in the ...
Napaltjarri, 55, is one of dozens of Indigenous Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island people who are treated each day for kidney failure at remote di Australia's outback dialysis clinic says ...
The Hermannsburg School represented a major change of direction for Australian Aboriginal art. [4] The works produced by the movement were accessible to collectors who were more familiar with western-style landscapes. [4] It was also a successful economic model for aboriginal communities. [4]