ABORIGINAL USE OF RAW MATERIALS - aiwhome2

1 WORKSHEET 1 ABORIGINAL USE OF RAW MATERIALS ABORIGINAL people used raw MATERIALS and resources from their environment in a great many ways. Tools, Clothing, Weapons and decorations were all sourced from their local environment, or in the case of some items, traded or bartered. Ochre, iron oxide, played an important role in ABORIGINAL Cultures as a pigment used for decoration, artwork and ceremonies. There is evidence that red and yellow ochre were traded over distances of thousands of kilometres. Ochre from Western Australia may have been carried as far as Queensland. Stencil paintings of hands or sometimes feet were made by blowing a spray of the ground up pigment over the object.

1 WORKSHEET 1 ABORIGINAL USE OF RAW MATERIALS Aboriginal people used raw materials and resources from their environment in a great many ways. Tools, …

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