| Human occupation of Australia
started about 65,000 years ago with successive waves of immigration
from south and southeast Asia. Archaeologists continue to revise
the date of early settlements.
The word 'aboriginal' has appeared in the English language since
the 17th century and means 'first or earliest known, indigenous.'
This term has been used to describe its indigenous peoples as early
as 1789. It was appropriated when the English colonized Australia.
Before colonists arrived from Europe,
there were no aboriginals, just people.
The world's oldest surviving man-made houses are situated in Victoria
at Lake Condah. They are about 8,000 years old and pre-dated the
Egyptian pyramids by about 5,000 years. Curiously, the site has
no World Heritage listing.
RESPONSIBLE TRAVEL
Many Aboriginal communities require permits to enter their lands.
This helps insure the privacy of locals. If you are visiting an
Aboriginal community, wait until you are invited to approach people's
homes or groups of people. Funerals and cultural ceremonies are
times of special privacy in communities. Use extra sensitivity in
communities at these times.
Visitors can make contact with Australia's Aboriginals on their
turf. In Sydney
Aboriginal guides conduct Heritage Walks in the Melbourne's Royal
Botanical Gardens and ferry travelers on cruises.
FYI
The Torres Strait Islanders are considered a distinct ethnic group.
Many of the national parks, including Kakadu and Uluru
(Ayers Rock), are owned and jointly run by their traditional
owners
Aboriginal people use 'songlines' to pass down creation stories,
laws and trading routes through generations
Aboriginal people may have a number of names, for example a European
first name and surname, a bush name, a 'skin name' (based on 'skin
names' of parents) and perhaps a nickname.
REFERENCES
Tourism
and Indigenous People
Web
Review: Aboriginal Tourism References
Respecting Our
Culture (ROC)
The Long Walk
National Indigenous
Times
Koori Mail
Indigenous
Tourism Australia
Indigenous Land Corporation
North Australian
Indigenous Land and Sea Management Alliance
Western Australian
Indigenous Tourism Operators Committee
AUDIO
Awaye
- ABC
AUDIO
2007 SYMPOSIUM
Business
Development Symposium - Planeta Forum
Symposium
- ATA
Corroboree
- ATA
Incredible
Journeys (PDF)
HEADLINES
Cultural
warriors - The News
Aboriginal
tourism targets Europe - The Australian
The
problem with having an Indigenous cultural experience - Crickey
Catching
the secret new wave - The Age
Ecotourism and Aboriginal Tourism - Ewire
The
new face of Aboriginal tourism - National Indigenous Times
Western Australian
Indigenous Tourism Operators Committee
Indigenous
Tourism Research Agenda (PDF)
ART
The
Urban Dingo - Lin Onus - Awaye
MEDICINE
Australian
Aboriginal Use of Plants for Medicine
Australian
Indigenous Medicine - Trinity College
AUDIO
Awaye
- ABC
AUDIO
FLICKR
2007 Corroboree
Bookabee
Tours
Aboriginal
Tourism
Torres
Strait Islands (2007)
ONLINE
FLICKR
VIDEO
The
Land Owns Us
VIDEO
WIKI
Australia
- Planeta Wikispace
Indigenous
Australians
Koori
Redfern
Aboriginal Australia Speech
ONLINE
WIKI
WORLD TRAVEL DIRECTORY
Aboriginal
Tourism Australia
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