Australian aboriginal cave paintings in ochre tell of their tribal life in western New South Wales. Finger, brush and stencil techniques are used to portray hunting kangaroos and emus, corroborees, magic and ritual maps. Special equipment is used by a field party to copy the paintings to scale for detailed scientific record and research. A cave-floor is carefully excavated to find implements used by the cave dwellers, and charcoal samples taken for dating tests. Music from “Namatjira” by Clive Douglas.
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
011905
Language
English
Subject categories
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Social life and customs
Aboriginal Australia → Archaeology - Australia
Aboriginal Australia → Art, Aboriginal Australian
Crafts & Visual Arts → Aboriginal Australians - Painting
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art, Aboriginal Australian
Crafts & Visual Arts → Rock paintings
Documentary
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Educational & Instructional
Educational & Instructional → Instructional
History → Aboriginal Australians - Antiquities
History → Archaeology - Australia
History → History
Short films
Short films → Short films - Australia
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)