Sorry if this is not the right place for this question, but I’m trying to find an online post about this topic. It was on tumblr I believe, but I could be wrong.

Essentially it was talking about how the indigenous Australian language has words passed down in it for animals that no longer exist. Not referencing cryptids, but animals that used to live alongside the people.

I don’t remember what the words/animals were, but it was a very interesting discussion and I wanted to learn more about it! I found it fascinating that a language could become outdated in the sense that the world it was built for has pieces of it missing. Not outdated as in irrelevant.

Anyway, let me know if this is the wrong place for this question. Thanks!

I am curious about if any indigenous people have any traditions/ ways of living that they think non indigenous people would benefit from if they introduced their rituals or ways of living into their life? If so, what would those be (if they could be shared)?

Dear community,

I am looking for a First Nation's person that is proficient with graphic design and indigenous cultural symbolism to aid in designing a logo for an Australian Charitable Organisation.

This will be paid work for a commission. I hope to receive transparent and SVG assets that will be owned by the organisation. I have looked at designers on Supply Nation and have not been contacted back by current candidates. I thought this community may be interested.

Please DM me or comment here if you:

• are descended from First Nation's people, and • identify as a First Nation's person, and • have experience designing logos digitally, and • you would like to work with me to update a fine logo to create a great logo with broader appeal.

Context: I'm a yt settler on Kaurna Yarta with friends across the continent, especially on Bunganditj (Booandik), Meintangk, Marditjali, Potaruwutj, and Ngarrindjeri Country.

Last year on Jan 26 I commented on friends' nationalist posts on Facebook defending celebrating "oz day." I tried to explain what was wrong with celebrating. I didn't really get anywhere with that and I know it's all going to happen again. This year, I had a plan to start posting early so that they get the facts and can see why so-called australia isn't worth celebrating. I wanted to put this idea out there and see what folks think. If it's a plan worth following through on, what truths would you like yt people to hear (including me)? If not, is there other support that anyone here would like to receive, especially on a day when the racism is out on display loud and proud?

Hey mob, for the past few months I’ve been undertaking a personal research project into the history of Europeans in Australia and the mistreatment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.

I’m trying to educate myself better on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history. I’ve mostly been using online sources but I’d like to purchase/borrow some books and gain insight from them.

Who are some of the top authoritative historians who have written a lot about the history of Aboriginal and Torres Torres Strait Islanders? Additionally are there any good sources I should read to gain greater understanding.

I know of a few like Richard Broome and Henry Reynolds but I thought it would be best to ask you mob for the best advice.

I am trying to research into a broad area, from the Indigenous history pre-colonialism, the earliest landings by Europeans, to prominent Indigenous figures, to historic Indigenous cases, and to our ongoing survival and resistance.

I don’t expect to become an expert overnight, I reckon it’ll take me about 10 years to cover everything I want to. I’m in no rush to complete this.

P.S. I am a proud Rirratjingu and Yuin man who is currently undertaking an undergraduate degree so I’m just researching in my spare time.

Also posted this in r/aboriginal

Does anyone know what Aboriginal language is spoken in the film? I am pretty sure that Palawa kani was still in the process of construction at the time of the film's making. I wouldn't be all that too surprised if Yolgnu was used as a stand-in language, which was Mawuyul Yanthalawuy's native language (she passed on very recently, Rest In Power). Some mentioned that David Gulpilil spoke Yolgnu in Walkabout on a previous post I made querying about Aboriginal attitudes towards the film. I wonder how prevalant this was in depictions of Aboriginal people in the New Wave of Australian cinema of the 70s and 80s. It seems no Palawa/Pakana people were consulted in the making of the film regarding historical and cultural matters depicted. From my limited knowledge of Palawa/Pakana culture, it seems that the depiction of men with ochre coloured hair and dreads was very accurate (as seen in 19th century paintings) but according to some sources I have read, possum skin cloaks weren't worn by Palawa/Pakana (unlike Koori on the mainland) and they went about fully naked. According to Nicholas Clements, there was a cultural fear against night spirits, which was depicted in the film. There seems some historical contention about Palawa/Pakana having lost the ability to make fire, which I cannot comment on (Yanthalawuy's character is depicted as a 'fire keeper'). With the film's supposed historical flaws in its depiction of Aboriginal culture, I have heard that the film has nonetheless been well-regarded for raising the public conscious about Australia's settler colonial past.

Hey there! I’m from Aotearoa and have moved to Australia, and am trying to get to understand the culture of this beautiful land and I keep coming across the term “mob” to describe a person’s community/tribe/what we would call whakapapa or iwi. I’m really keen to learn where and why the the term “mob” was taken on board, especially due to its English meaning being a negative descriptor for a group of people, and it being an English word. I’m wondering whether it has been taken onboard as a sense of pride, as a sort of reclamation of a derogatory word, or whether it has been given to aboriginal communities and simply taken on board over time? I can’t seem to find any history on the term and where it came from anywhere and, from an outsiders perspective looking in it seems a confusing name for a positive thing (community and sense of belonging). I’d love to hear from someone that can guide me on this!

I am working on visualising Australian bushfire data as a part of academic coursework and have been considering a less technical, more cultural representation of the data.

Would a depiction of the Australian map with a colour palette inspired by the Aboriginal ochre art, with dotwork for borders and regions (choosing neutral/commonly used symbols, based on information available online/ at the library) be an appropriation? In the accompanying write-up, I intend to focus on the damage to indigenous art sites as a result of the bushfires in recent times.

The work is internal and will not be published or sold. I do not mean to be disrespectful and never intend to trivialise the symbolism, and spirituality of the art. I am working against rather strict timelines and I will not be able to work with Aboriginal artists, but would have to go with online resources on the art and its symbolism.

Thank you for your time.

I juat stumbled across this website while looking looking for metal bands, what a gem of a find

https://archive.firstnationsmedia.org.au/

Our Archives, Our Stories is a platform for Australian First Nations community media organisations to archive and share their unique and signficant audiovisual collections. The hub is built on the Mukurtu content management system and managed by First Nations Media Australia.

How do you worship? I've read that opals and shells were given to 'rainbow serpent' deities and of course there's initiation rights, but I've come across sparse information overall