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Aboriginal Learnings

DecadianSenior Contributor14 Dec 2016, 2:03 pm AEDT

Aboriginal Learnings

@utopia @Appleblossom and I all have more than a passing interest in the stories of our Indigneous People and so I have opened this thread for us and anyone else who would have something to the Historical Stories of the Cultures of our First People

My son was born in 1969 and died in 1986 - it became apparent that he was of a different skin colour during middle childhood I guess - and by the time he died it was very obvious -

There is a popular opinion I imagine that all our Indigneous People are dark-skinned - but that is not necessarily the case - my son had an olive skin, curly black hair and brow-ridges - and it is not what anyone else ever thought or felt about it - the whole issue was what he thought and felt about it

Now Utopia has brought it to my attention that there are website about their culture and I know Apple has been working in this area for a long time so my aim is to follow up what I can from the website on Aboriginal Culture that Utopia has mentioned and opened this for more discussion

This is not done to right the wrongs of the past but rather to open discussion about the future and what their culture can add to our culture and our future

Decadian

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ShazabSenior Contributor14 Dec 2016, 9:37 pm AEDT

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Nah more the use of our own traditions rather than different, it's not an accurate portrayal of my views on the subject as many traditions have equal validity in a sense among other problems lol. I usually just hope people get what I mean through context in these situations, but it becomes more problematic with text 😉 oh well

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ShazabSenior Contributor14 Dec 2016, 9:42 pm AEDT

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That's awesome @utopia I'm kind of a little sad about how little I know, might have to pay a bit more attention to that channel I think if there's stuff like that on there.

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DecadianSenior Contributor15 Dec 2016, 7:38 am AEDT

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Hi @Shazab

Welcome to this thread - and don't worry about offending anyone - I believe the Indigneous People honour our interest if we treat them with respect

I too feel sorry for the time that has passed and I have not followed up learning about more of their culture. It is 30 years since my son died and I have had many ups and a lot of downs since then - but I recognise that it is time to start getting interested in the past of a child who was adopted out of his traditions without my knowledge - I would have done anything for him but I did not have proof of his race until many years after he died

I had not heard about Aboriginal Lines - or Dreamtime Lines - I thought at first it was Dream Times - but it is quite easy to see that the cultures of our First People are as complex as our imaginations can be - and that Rainbow Serpent - that is someing archetypal to many cultures - perhaps all cultures - and something to be awed about

Don't worry about typos here - sometimes they are funny - mostly we let them go - the content of what we write is important - not the perfection

Decadian

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ShazabSenior Contributor15 Dec 2016, 10:19 am AEDT

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I can definitely see why you would be interested then @Decadian there were literally 100's of tribes and certainly there were and are major differences between them, and not just because Australia is a rather large country

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utopiaSenior Contributor15 Dec 2016, 4:58 pm AEDT

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@Heart. Thanks for the reminder. I just contacted my friend re: trekking to a new site. He advised what I needed to do & how I can get there myself by following the wombat tracks. An hours easy walk. So I'll allow myself 2 hours.
I might go this weekend. And I'll post what I discover here. Wish me luck.

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HeartSenior Contributor15 Dec 2016, 6:24 pm AEDT

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@Shazab, Typos make a post more interesting,(trying to work out what is supposed to be typed is like working on a jigsaw). LOL

@utopia, I too am not of aboriginal decent. What I find interesting is the spiritual content and the story telling when interperating a story to dance/song.I watch a young aboriginal men story tell at our local park and he interperated the songs into story's before he performed each on. I sat for a long time and was very interested by the whole thing.

So you have created a memorable moment in your personal life and shared it with us all.(I. lost the website, can you please resend) Now you are looking at creating another.

So proud of you and please take care out there. What are the temps like there at the moment? 38 plus and muggy as here. Yes QLD.

Shocka!

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utopiaSenior Contributor15 Dec 2016, 7:48 pm AEDT

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@Heart. Sunny and 27° this weekend.

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Unknown userMember15 Dec 2016, 8:51 pm AEDT

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Hi, I worked in an Anangu community for a few years in central Australia. Was an amazing experience and I learnt a lot, but came away with many questions, and a deep sadness for the level of poverty and illness that many of the community lives with. The only piramba (white fellas) in the commnity were 7 teachers and 2 nurses. We were lucky enough to have a dr for 6 months but he left as he was uncomfortable in dealing with things.
lj

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utopiaSenior Contributor26 Feb 2017, 1:35 am AEDT

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@Owlunar Finally decided to attach photo's of some of our local Aboriginal Water Wells.

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NikNikSenior Contributor02 Mar 2017, 8:47 pm AEDT

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Hi @Former-Member

Here is the thread that @utopia posted the images you commented on 🙂

Nik

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