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Australian art is a broad spectrum of art created in or about Australia, or by Australians overseas, spanning from prehistoric times to the present day. The art forms include, but are not limited to, Aboriginal , Colonial, Landscape , Atelier , and Contemporary art .
The oldest rock art was produced more than 28,000 years ago, making it the oldest securely dated prehistoric art in Australia. [2] The cave was still visited by members of the Jawoyn within living memory, possibly until as late as the 1950s, [ 3 ] but its existence had been forgotten until its 2006 rediscovery.
Gwion Gwion (Tassel) figures wearing ornate costumes. The Gwion Gwion rock paintings, Gwion figures, Kiro Kiro or Kujon (also known as the Bradshaw rock paintings, Bradshaw rock art, Bradshaw figures and the Bradshaws) are one of the two major regional traditions of rock art found in the north-west Kimberley region of Western Australia.
Rock art in the Kimberley region appears to depict a marsupial lion [44] and a marsupial tapir, [45] as does Arnhem land art. [46] Arnhem art also appears to depict Genyornis, a bird that is believed to have gone extinct 40,000 years ago. [47] An Early Triassic archosauromorph found in Queensland, Kadimakara australiensis, is named after the ...
Indigenous Australian art includes art made by Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders, including collaborations with others. It includes works in a wide range of media including painting on leaves, bark painting , wood carving , rock carving , watercolour painting , sculpting , ceremonial clothing and sandpainting .
The prehistory of Australia is the period between the first human habitation of the Australian continent and the colonisation of Australia in 1788, which marks the start of consistent written documentation of Australia. This period has been variously estimated, with most evidence suggesting that it goes back between 50,000 and 65,000 years.
This is a list of Australian Aboriginal prehistoric sites. Key: BGS = Below ground surface; ... The West Australian 23 June 2003: ANU & James Cook Uni: 70,000 +10,000
Example of x ray style art found in Aboriginal art in Australia. X-ray style art, sometimes referred to as just X-ray style or X-ray art, is a prehistoric art form in which animals (and humans) are depicting by drawing or painting the skeletal frame and internal organs. [1] [2] [3]