Interesting Facts about Aboriginal Tribe, Indigenous Australians

VIVA – Aboriginal people are the original inhabitants of Australia. Aboriginal people are not a homogeneous, but rather the various groups that make up the culture on the Australian continent. The existence of this Aboriginal tribe before the arrival of white people to Australia.

Aboriginal people have lived on the Australian continent for about 50,000 years. A total of 250 languages ??and 600 different dialects are spoken by Aboriginal people scattered throughout Australia.

There are two groups, namely the Aboriginal tribes who inhabited Australia after the British colonized the island in 1788. Then, the inhabitants of the islands in the Torres Strait. These residents also live in Queensland, the states of Australia, and Papua New Guinea.

They hail from Melanesia, which has a different culture from the Aborigines on the main continent. Well, here are interesting facts about the Aboriginal tribe that people need to know.

1. The Origin or Aboriginal Tribe

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Tumpukan batu tua yang dijadikan semacam jam matahari kuno oleh suku Aborigin

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At first, the Aboriginal tribes in Australia came from Asia and then moved to the islands in Southeast Asia. Then, this tribe settled on the Australian continent for 45,000-50,000 years. As quoted from the journal britannica.com, some researchers claim that early humans existed around 65,000 to 80,000 years ago.

Some experts move modern humans out of Africa, to West Asia to South to Southeast Asia. Before the Europeans in 1788, Aboriginal people could adapt to the temperate, tropical, and desert climates of Australia. Aboriginal tribes first hunted and gathered food.

Then scientists discovered Aboriginal farming practices. This tribe formed groups to collect food for necessities.

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Ilustrasi batik Aborigin

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The Aboriginal tribe is classified into a separate race, namely Australoid. This race has a wealth of negroid tribes living in Africa and Papua.

Aboriginal people are characterized by brown skin color and tend to be black due to exposure to sunlight, curly hair, body overgrown with a lot of hair, and not too tall. Each place inhabited by Aboriginal tribes has different characteristics. For example; in tradition, language, and dialect.

Aboriginal tribes formed a simple house of twigs and tree bark called Gunyah. Some tribes live in the interior of the forest, some live on the coast.

Aboriginal tribes wear distinctive clothing consisting of bracelets, necklaces, and feathers that are attached to the head. Their faces are also colored from natural materials. This tribe wears traditional clothes made of dried tree bark, leaves, and animal skins.

Aboriginal tribes wear cultural attributes and rituals that cannot be separated from Dreamtime. Aboriginal tribes and residents of the Torres strait islands have a spiritual belief in prayer, namely: The Dreamtime

Quoting from worldvision.com.au, the term The Dreaming or Dreaming is used to describe the belief, creation, and existence of the earth. This tribe includes a world that includes the past, land, and people created from spirits, rivers, hills, rocks, plants, and animals.

This knowledge is passed down from generation to generation through stories, songs, dances, and ceremonies.

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Bumerang

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The Boomerang is the Aboriginal weapon to deal with. This weapon is made of skeletons forged during tribal battles. Citing nationalgeographic.com, the boomerang knife has a length of 18 inches or 54.72 cm.

Aside from being a combat weapon, boomerangs are used for digging, slaughtering animals, and making traditional music. Researchers found other Aboriginal weapons such as shields and sticks. This tool is found in works of art made in caves.

Boomerang became a multifunctional weapon for Aboriginal tribes. This weapon can be a digging stick, hammer, hunting, and ritual.

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Lucas Proudfoot, pemain musik Aborigin.

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Aboriginal people have a high artistic soul. It is evidenced by the many paintings on the walls of the cave that were found. In addition, this tribe is good at sculpting.

The Aboriginal and Torres Island peoples form one of the oldest in the world. This artwork is in the form of dot and dance paintings that have been passed down from generation to generation.

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Then scientists discovered Aboriginal farming practices. This tribe formed groups to collect food for necessities.