TASTE
Long before the term ‘superfood’ was coined, Aboriginal peoples were using food as medicine, eating nutritionally dense bush tucker such as the slightly sour, slightly sweet tasting Kakadu plum.
Take a bush tucker tour of the Cadi Jam Ora – First Contact Garden at the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney with a First Nations educator to see and taste a range of bush foods that Aboriginal peoples have used as food and medicine for tens of thousands of years.
The Royal Botanic Garden Sydney ABORIGINAL BUSH TUCKER TOUR | From AU$20
SPEAK
Top End Aboriginal artist Manuel Pamkal is one of only a handful of people who are still fluent in Dalabon, the native language of his Aboriginal clan. Dalabon was one of about 300 languages and dialects used by First Nations' people throughout Australia before colonisation. Tragically, the majority of those languages, including Dalabon, are either highly endangered or already lost.
Manuel is keen to share his unique language with visitors, as well as working to document it so it can be passed on to future generations. Take the opportunity to learn some Dalabon during Manuel's Cultural Experience, where he will share his stories of living off the land, and teach you some traditional painting methods.
Top Didj Cultural Experience & Art Gallery CULTURAL EXPERIENCE | From AU$55
SPEAK
Top End Aboriginal artist Manuel Pamkal is one of only a handful of people who are still fluent in Dalabon, the native language of his Aboriginal clan. Dalabon was one of about 300 languages and dialects used by First Nations' people throughout Australia before colonisation. Tragically, the majority of those languages, including Dalabon, are either highly endangered or already lost.
Manuel is keen to share his unique language with visitors, as well as working to document it so it can be passed on to future generations. Take the opportunity to learn some Dalabon during Manuel's Cultural Experience, where he will share his stories of living off the land and teach you some traditional painting methods.
Top Didj Cultural Experience & Art Gallery CULTURAL EXPERIENCE | From AU$55
INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIA
This Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) map provides an insight into the incredible diversity of Australia's First Nations peoples by indicating the general locations of the larger Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander language, social or nation groups throughout the country.
Note: there can be different ways to spell language or group names.
This map attempts to represent the language, social or nation groups of Aboriginal Australia. It shows only the general locations of larger groupings of people which may include clans, dialects or individual languages in a group. It used published resources from the eighteenth century-1994 and is not intended to be exact, nor the boundaries fixed. It is not suitable for native title or other land claims. David R Horton (creator), © AIATSIS, 1996. No reproduction without permission. To purchase a print version visit: https://shop.aiatsis.gov.au/
This map attempts to represent the language, social or nation groups of Aboriginal Australia. It shows only the general locations of larger groupings of people which may include clans, dialects or individual languages in a group. It used published resources from the eighteenth century-1994 and is not intended to be exact, nor the boundaries fixed. It is not suitable for native title or other land claims. David R Horton (creator), © AIATSIS, 1996. No reproduction without permission. To purchase a print version visit: https://shop.aiatsis.gov.au/
INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIA
This Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies' (AIATSIS) map of the largest Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander language, social or nation groups throughout the country provides a glimpse of the diversity of Australia’s First Nations peoples.
Note: there can be different ways to spell language or group names.
DO
There is no better way to understand Aboriginal cultures, their powerful connection to Country, and how Creation stories are passed down through art, than via an in-person experience with an Aboriginal guide.
Head into Mossman Gorge in Queensland's World Heritage-listed Daintree Rainforest with an Aboriginal guide before learning about the connection between Kuku Yalanji culture and painting through a hands-on art class with an Aboriginal artist at Janbal Gallery.
Adventure North Australia DAINTREE DREAMING — ABORIGINAL ART AND CULTURE | From AU$206
SEE
It is the knowledge systems and sustainable practices of Australia’s First Nations peoples that have enabled them to become the oldest living civilisation in the world. During an Australian Museum’s Waranara First Nations Tour, you will be accompanied by a First Nations guide who will share their personal insights of their culture, Country and experiences as they show you the museum’s significant Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander collections.
The museum’s First Nations Galleries include the permanent collections Bayala Nura: Yarning Country and Garrigarrang: Sea Country, which document and celebrate the diverse and rich cultures of Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Australian Museum WARANARA FIRST NATIONS TOUR | From AU$35
SEE
It is the knowledge systems and sustainable practices of Australia’s First Nations peoples that have enabled them to become the oldest living civilisation in the world. During an Australian Museum’s Waranara First Nations Tour, you will be accompanied by a First Nations guide who will share their personal insights of their culture, Country and experiences as they show you the museum’s significant Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander collections.
The museum’s First Nations Galleries include the permanent collections Bayala Nura: Yarning Country and Garrigarrang: Sea Country, which document and celebrate the diverse and rich cultures of Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Australian Museum WARANARA FIRST NATIONS TOUR | From AU$35
LISTEN
Walk on Country with Wiradjuri man Mark Saddler as he shares Creation stories that have been passed down through generations of his people. Mark’s tours will open your eyes to a new way of seeing the landscape as he takes you to places of cultural significance on Wiradjuri land, in the Wagga Wagga region of New South Wales.
‘I love telling these stories and explaining our culture,’ Mark says. ‘It connects everyone back to who we really are and is empowering for our Country and our people.’
Bundyi Cultural Tours ABORIGINAL SPECIAL PLACES TOUR | From AU$185
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