Australia’s Cultural Heritage Emigrate-to-Australia
Australia’s Cultural Heritage Emigrate-to-Australia
Australia’s Cultural Heritage Emigrate-to-Australia
Australia’s Rich Cultural Heritage
As mentioned in our previous post, Australia has a rich cultural heritage to greet both visitors and immigrants. Much of this culture comes from the indigenous nations and it is enlightening learning about the customs, most of which survive to this day. The aboriginal nations comprise over 250 languages and 800 various ways of speaking them. In fact, communication is important between peoples and for thousands of years all ancient cultures developed different skills. One of these in Australia was via message sticks!
For thousands of years, these special engraved sticks have held the memories of the world’s oldest living culture. But what do they mean.
First, they’re like flat, rounded pieces of wood with fancy pictures on both sides. Second, these pictures were used to send important messages and stories among the Aboriginal people, who are the oldest continuous culture in the world. Third, mssengers used to carry them over long distances to share stories and news between different Aboriginal groups.
Moreover, each stick’s pictures could mean different things, like news about wars, weddings, or even peace. People like Dr. Lorina Barker, who’s connected to the Wangkumara and Muruwari Indigenous groups in Australia, feels a strong link to these message sticks which nowadays are preserved in glass displays in places like the Australian Museum in Sydney. But here’s the tricky part – a lot of what’s on these sticks is still a mystery to us today. Even Piers Kelly, who studies languages and cultures, said not much new information about message sticks was discovered in the 1900s.
So, to figure out what’s written on these sticks, we need help from the wise Indigenous elders. They know about the special pictures that might mean something to a certain group or place. Without their help, the next generation might lose this awesome connection to their past. See HERE for the Australian Museum in Sydney for more information about Australia’s Ancient Cultures.
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