Information about Australian aborigines

The owner of the Northern Territory is undoubtedly an aborigine. Recorded history shows that there were traces of human life here more than 40 thousand years ago. Before the European colonists entered Australia in the middle of19th century, all of Australia belonged to the aborigines who had thrived here for generations. According to statistics, there are 600 indigenous tribes in Australia who use different languages, and the number once reached about 700,000. Later, due to the killing and forced assimilation of the colonists, the indigenous population once fell sharply. Nevertheless, it is an indisputable fact that the aborigines have been the masters of Australia since ancient times. Since the 1960s, the Australian government has gradually returned the land ownership of indigenous tribes, which can be regarded as a complete return to the historical truth.

Although indigenous people have the land ownership of their respective territories from the legal and traditional levels, they do not pretend to be landowners, but declare that they "belong" to a piece of land. In their minds, land has supreme status and sacred dignity, in contrast, people are not important. Indigenous people's awareness of land supremacy is reflected in many aspects and different levels.

Land is the most fundamental bearing of aboriginal beliefs, bloodlines and traditions, and it is the basis for them to communicate with their ancestors. The aborigines have no written history, but through oral stories, rock paintings and other works of art, they declare to future generations and the world that in their dream era (equivalent to Genesis), God created their ancestors, and successively placed them in different regions, endowed them with different languages and skin colors, and formed different tribes and clans.

Indigenous people are awed, worshiped and obsessed with the land. There is a Stonehenge called "Lost City" in the middle of the Northern Territory, which should be said to be the result of crustal movement and wind and rain erosion. However, for this space suitable for human life, it is impossible to find any traces left by indigenous people, such as rock paintings. A relatively reasonable explanation is that, in the face of huge and strange stones similar to people and animals, the aborigines who are good at imagination and spiritual life endow them with rich images and "stay away from them".

Indigenous land complex is also reflected in subtle daily life. Whenever guests come, the aborigines will rub the armpits of visitors with sand, indicating that their sweat has been integrated into this land, thus becoming a family and protected by the land. In some parts of the Northern Territory, no one is allowed to take photos on some hilltops and nearby land, which is also out of respect for the land and ancestors. Even the aborigines living in big cities are always willing to sit on the floor and walk barefoot once they return to their own territory, because they don't want to leave this land that brings them peace and freedom.

Land is the free kingdom and vast world of indigenous people. There are no clear boundaries and specific areas between indigenous territories, and there is no need to divide them by mountains, rivers and roads. In the words of an indigenous leader, where their dreams go, their territory is there. In fact, no member of a tribe will leave his territory, and there is no news of friction or even conflict between indigenous tribes because of territorial disputes. Maybe it's because the land is vast enough, maybe it's because the aborigines are familiar with every inch of land where their ancestors lived, and remember their footprints and breath.

Land is everything in the material and spiritual life of aborigines. Laws handed down for thousands of years make any aborigine abide by the rules and must not cross the border. Without the permission of the owner of the territory, no one is allowed to enter the territory of others, otherwise the property will be confiscated, corporal punishment will even punish the stabbing, and the serious person will lose his life. The aborigines even have an unwritten rule: if you are not the owner of this land, even if you know the situation again, you must never talk about people and things in this land to outsiders.

Indigenous people not only recuperate on their own land, but also have been integrated with the land and the whole environment. They decide their calendars and the time of commemorative activities through the flowering and fruiting of different plants; They make all kinds of mysterious marks on the trees to announce the beginning of major ceremonies; They can accurately judge the number and position of prey by the wind direction and the behavior of ground animals; They can not only imitate the sounds of animals to lure prey, but also make fierce crocodiles give up a water area for them to swim through specific language. The owner of the Northern Territory is undoubtedly an aborigine. Recorded history shows that there were traces of human life here more than 40 thousand years ago. Before the European colonists entered Australia in the middle of19th century, all of Australia belonged to the aborigines who had thrived here for generations. According to statistics, there are 600 indigenous tribes in Australia who use different languages, and the number once reached about 700,000. Later, due to the killing and forced assimilation of the colonists, the indigenous population once fell sharply. Nevertheless, it is an indisputable fact that the aborigines have been the masters of Australia since ancient times. Since the 1960s, the Australian government has gradually returned the land ownership of indigenous tribes, which can be regarded as a complete return to the historical truth.

Although indigenous people have the land ownership of their respective territories from the legal and traditional levels, they do not pretend to be landowners, but declare that they "belong" to a piece of land. In their minds, land has supreme status and sacred dignity, in contrast, people are not important. Indigenous people's awareness of land supremacy is reflected in many aspects and different levels.

Land is the most fundamental bearing of aboriginal beliefs, bloodlines and traditions, and it is the basis for them to communicate with their ancestors. The aborigines have no written history, but through oral stories, rock paintings and other works of art, they declare to future generations and the world that in their dream era (equivalent to Genesis), God created their ancestors, and successively placed them in different regions, endowed them with different languages and skin colors, and formed different tribes and clans.

Indigenous people are awed, worshiped and obsessed with the land. There is a Stonehenge called "Lost City" in the middle of the Northern Territory, which should be said to be the result of crustal movement and wind and rain erosion. However, for this space suitable for human life, it is impossible to find any traces left by indigenous people, such as rock paintings. A relatively reasonable explanation is that, in the face of huge and strange stones similar to people and animals, the aborigines who are good at imagination and spiritual life endow them with rich images and "stay away from them".

Indigenous land complex is also reflected in subtle daily life. Whenever guests come, the aborigines will rub the armpits of visitors with sand, indicating that their sweat has been integrated into this land, thus becoming a family and protected by the land. In some parts of the Northern Territory, no one is allowed to take photos on some hilltops and nearby land, which is also out of respect for the land and ancestors. Even the aborigines living in big cities are always willing to sit on the floor and walk barefoot once they return to their own territory, because they don't want to leave this land that brings them peace and freedom.

Land is the free kingdom and vast world of indigenous people. There are no clear boundaries and specific areas between indigenous territories, and there is no need to divide them by mountains, rivers and roads. In the words of an indigenous leader, where their dreams go, their territory is there. In fact, no member of a tribe will leave his territory, and there is no news of friction or even conflict between indigenous tribes because of territorial disputes. Maybe it's because the land is vast enough, maybe it's because the aborigines are familiar with every inch of land where their ancestors lived, and remember their footprints and breath.

Land is everything in the material and spiritual life of aborigines. Laws handed down for thousands of years make any aborigine abide by the rules and must not cross the border. Without the permission of the owner of the territory, no one is allowed to enter the territory of others, otherwise the property will be confiscated, corporal punishment will even punish the stabbing, and the serious person will lose his life. The aborigines even have an unwritten rule: if you are not the owner of this land, even if you know the situation again, you must never talk about people and things in this land to outsiders.

Indigenous people not only recuperate on their own land, but also have been integrated with the land and the whole environment. They decide their calendars and the time of commemorative activities through the flowering and fruiting of different plants; They make all kinds of mysterious marks on the trees to announce the beginning of major ceremonies; They can accurately judge the number and position of prey by the wind direction and the behavior of ground animals; They can not only imitate the sounds of animals to lure prey, but also make fierce crocodiles give up a water area for them to swim through specific language.

Although aborigines are all Australian citizens, they generally prefer to emphasize that they belong to a certain tribe. Although the aborigines can speak English, they are afraid to tell the stories and legends of their ancestors in non-native languages. Although the aborigines live in the era of telephone, television and internet, they prefer to light bonfires, count stars, watch the moon and play the ancient wind music Digiridu in the dark, which continues their deep attachment to the land.