Stencil Paintings

Dreamtime and Sugar Cane

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April 8th 2009
The Dreamtime Aboriginal Cultural Centre is just north of Rockhampton. As soon as we entered the centre, we saw some aboriginal artifacts. A hooked boomerang, a heating stone for heating resin, and a hammer tool. The guide showed us stencil art. It is made it by grinding ochre, mixing it with water and blowing it from their mouths around an item to be stenciled. They used 3 colours: Red, wh ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Rockhampton

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more