The discovery of this cave rock art makes Aboriginal people one of the oldest continuous cultures on the planet. There are sites in Australia where the Aboriginal ochre painting has been dated as being at least 65,000 years old. They were used either in body painting, rock painting, on artefacts and sometimes even on sand.
Paintings using these natural pigments (colours) depict Aboriginal Dreamtime stories and maps.
These ochres are primarily natural pigments and minerals found in the soil, or even in charcoal. By: David Wroth, Japingka Gallery and Leah Umbagi, Mowanjum Aboriginal Art & Culture Centre, 2019 What is Ochre Aboriginal Painting?Īustralian Aboriginal people have a tradition of using ochre pigment to paint that dates back to ancient times.
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