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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"
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.
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.
The Yirrkala bark petitions of 1963 are the first traditional Aboriginal document recognised by the Australian Parliament. [ 51 ] Oodgeroo Noonuccal (1920–1993) was a famous Aboriginal poet, writer and rights activist credited with publishing the first Aboriginal book of verse: We Are Going (1964).
Aboriginal dancers wearing a more modern version of this covering, performing at Nambassa in New Zealand- 1981 Among some groups, including the Pitjantjajara , a small modesty apron was made of the string for young girls to wear when they reached puberty.
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.
A Luritja man demonstrating method of attack with boomerang under cover of shield (1920). The oldest surviving cultural traditions of Australia—and some of the oldest surviving cultural traditions on earth—are those of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, collectively referred to as Indigenous Australians.
This category describes traditional and historic Australian clothing. ... Australian Aboriginal clothing (6 P) Australian headgear (11 P) M.