Making a traditional Aboriginal spear. Austn-indigenous-tools-and-technology. Warning.
Australian Stories may contain the names and images of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people now deceased. Australian Stories also contain links to sites that may use images of Aboriginal and Islander people now deceased. The key to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander technologies is both their intimate understanding of the natural environment as well as their skills in designing artefacts that were flexible and adaptable. What tools did Aboriginal people use, and how did they dress? Explore Indigenous Australian Objects - Australian Museum.
Highlights from the Australian Aboriginal collection - Australian Museum. Sydney Shield - Australian Museum. The Aboriginal people of Sydney region were the first to experience the impact of colonisation in Australia.
Shield B001788- front Photographer: Photography Department © Australian Museum ‘They are also armed with a shield made of the bark of a tree, with which they very exterously [dexterously] ward off any thing thrown at them.’ Surgeon General to the First Fleet John White, 29 July 1788. Sydney Boomerangs? - Australian Museum. A boomerang is an icon, symbolising the tradition of Aboriginal Australians.
Are there boomerangs in the Sydney area? Somersby sword Photographer: Stan Florek © Ausralian Museum In 2008 Christie’s, a prominent art auction house in London, put on sale a boomerang associated with Captain James Cook.