How long have the Aboriginals lived in Australia?
For 50,000 years.
The Aboriginal people told their stories through__________
ART
Their stories were very new. TRUE or FALSE
FALSE
Why did they paint their pictures?
To pass their stories down from parents to children.
How did the Aboriginals make pictures?
They cut into rock, painted on cave walls and their bodies.
Only chosen people could know the stories because they were____________
... secret.
To keep their stories secret, the Aboriginals used_______ in their picture.
... special symbols...
_____ painting is an important type of Aboriginal art.
Dots...
What are the dots in Aboriginals' paintings?
They are codes that only they can read to understand the story.
