29 AEG Making Artefacts Video Program: Emu Feathers
Aboriginal people used the emu feathers to make skirts which were made from bundles of emu feathers tied together and then fastened onto a vegetable fibre string belt. Some were also decorated with red ochre. The skirts were worn by Aboriginal girls and women....28 AEG Making Artefacts Video Program: Cuttlefish Bone
Cuttlefish bones were used as personal ornamentation, as well as being used to make tools and skin animals for clothing against the cold. Small flat marine and freshwater shells were used as palettes for mixing ochre with water to make paints. Large marine shells were...27 AEG Making Artefacts Video Program: Shark’s Teeth
Shark teeth are very popular to trade, collect and sell, and the Megalodon teeth are some of the most valuable. People once used shark’s teeth as weapons or spear heads thousands of years ago because they are so sharp and strong. They were also used as tools...26 AEG Making Artefacts Video Program: Echidna Quills
Echidna quills were used to pin the fur to a flat surface (another example of exploitation of a structural adaptation by Aboriginal Peoples) to treat and dry the hide of the possum. The dried pelts were then sewn together to make a possum fur cloak or blanket,...25 AEG Making Artefacts Video Program: Crocodile Eggs
For thousands of years Aboriginal people have hunted crocodiles for their meat and for their eggs. The remaining empty crocodile egg shells were sometimes crushed into a powder and mixed with resin from a grass tree or with eucalyptus oil. This was then rubbed onto...24 AEG Making Artefacts Video Program: Ochre
Ochre is a natural earth pigment, which comes in a range of colours, most notably in red, white and yellow. Ochre has many different uses including camouflaging ones body scent by covering the body from head to toe when hunting so animals couldn’t smell the scent. It...23 AEG Making Artefacts Video Program: Possum Skin
Aboriginal people of south, eastern Australia often wore possum skin cloaks which were worn for warmth, used as baby carriers at night, drums in Ceremony and for burial. They were worn from a young age with cloaks made from a few skins sewn together to wrap a baby....22 AEG Making Artefacts Video Program: Kangaroo Skin
The kangaroo and possum skin had several uses including general clothing and for wrapping up a baby for sleep time. They were also used as Ceremonial cloaks, sometimes with detailed stories painted or burnt onto the underside of the skin. Kangaroo and possum jaws were...21 AEG Making Artefacts Video Program: A Wooden Bush Knife
Wooden bush knives were also made to cut & gather foods as well as prepare them. Some of these bush knives from the people of the Torres Strait Islands attached sharks teeth using resin to create a sharp cutting tool. Syllabus Topics and Teacher Notes PDF...20 AEG Making Artefacts Video Program: Dilly Bag
The dilly bag is a traditional Aboriginal bag generally woven from plant fibres . Dilly bags are mainly designed and used by women to gather and transport food, and are most commonly found in the northern parts of Australia. In Arnhem Land, Queensland, the Northern...19 AEG Making Artefacts Video Program: Emu Eggs
Both emu and crocodile eggs are rich food source for Aboriginal people. With Emu’s being the second largest bird in the world (after ostriches) their eggs are a sizable 600 grams on average. So one emu egg is equivalent to roughly eight (8) chicken eggs and can feed...
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