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Australian Art (FF 4, Unit 11)

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