The Dreamtime refers to the period in Aboriginal belief when the earth was formed and life patterns were established. Dreamtime beings created the landscape and sometimes took animal or human forms as they established the patterns of life. Stories were used to teach about important topics like creation, life, death, and culture. Traditional education involved storytelling through song, dance, painting, and music to illustrate ancient Dreamtime stories and pass on Aboriginal history, laws, and culture from generation to generation.

2. The Dreamtime for Aboriginal
people is the time which the
earth received its present form
and in which the patterns and
cycles of life begun.
Sometimes creating their surroundings and
sometimes changing into animals or people, the
Dreamtime reflected the events and characters of
daily life in the Australian desert.
The expression “dreamtime” is often used to refer to the “time before
time”, or “the time of the creation of all things”, while “Dreaming” is
often used to refer to an individual's or group's beliefs.

5. The didgeridoo is a wind instrument developed by Indigenous Australians
of northern Australia at least 1,500 years ago and is still in widespread
usage today both in Australia and around the world. It is sometimes
described as a natural wooden trumpet or "drone pipe".

6. The Australian Aboriginal flag represents Indigenous Australians. It is one of the
official “Flags of Australia”, and holds special legal and political status but it is
not the “Australian National Flag”.

7. The flag was designed in 1971 by Aboriginal artist Harold Thomas

8. The symbolic meaning of the flag colors (as stated by Mr. Harold Thomas) are:
Black: Represents the Aboriginal people of Australia Red: Represents the red earth,
the red ochre and a spiritual relation to the land Yellow: Represents the Sun, the
giver of life and protector

9. The symbolic meaning of the flag colors (as stated by Mr. Harold Thomas) are:
Black: Represents the Aboriginal people of Australia Red: Represents the red earth,
the red ochre and a spiritual relation to the land Yellow: Represents the Sun, the
giver of life and protector

10. Australia Aborigines created stories to teach each other about the Dreamtime, these
stories taught about life, including birth, love, food gathering, hunting, warfare,
marriage and death but also about the Creation.

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14. The Aboriginal traditional way to educate about the Aboriginal History, Culture and
Laws was storytelling, using a combination of Arts form such as painting, singing, music
and dancing to illustrate the ancient "Dreamtime Stories".

15. Traditionally, people telling a story would use the haunting sound of the didgeridoo
with song and dances, but also symbolic drawing were created.

16. These designs were traditionally used as body paint decorations for corroborees and as
sand paintings for ceremonial purposes

19. Because the "Stories of the Dreaming" have been handed down through the
generations, they are not owned by individuals. They belong to a group, the
storytellers is choose by the Elders, and have the obligation to pass the stories along,
ensuring that young people build and retain a sense of who they are.

20. Today paintings are created using modern-day materials, but the use of traditional
symbols and art styles helps to keep this ancient culture alive. The symbols used in
contemporary Aboriginal paintings are the same as those found on cave paintings
and rock Art

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Sound: David Hudson – Emu chase
David Hudson - Black Mountain Arrangement: Sanda Foişoreanu