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Connection to Sea
Connection to Sea
Meet artist, Sharon Mason and her family down by the beach on Yuin Country as they gather and shape shells. Hear how this special place connects Sharon to the guidance of her ancestors.
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Vicki, Dean, Rob and Maddie share a deep connection to the ocean. It connects them to the past, enriches the present and inspires their futures. Dean is an artist, scientist and custodian who turns to sea-country for inspiration in his work. Vicki creates sculptures from kelp—evolving a traditional artform into contemporary designs that depict the beauty and fragility of sea-country. Rob teaches his daughter Maddie the cultural importance of catching a feed—always mindful that sea-country is traditionally women’s country and she must learn when to turn back. This is their connection to sea country.
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- Deep Time History of Australia (ABC)CITEMAKER | Automatically Generate Citations > Website URL > CHECK CHECK CHECK
The objects in this collection at the Australian National Maritime Museum represent the continuity of the traditional, cultural and experiential knowledge that First Nations peoples have amassed over thousands of years of living spiritually and sustainably with the land. - First Nations Stories of Ancient Sea-Level Rise Preserved for 13,000 YearsCITEMAKER | Automatically Generate Citations > Website URL > CHECK CHECK CHECK
Prof. Patrick Nunn of the University of the Sunshine Coast and Dr Nick Reid of the University of New England analyzed Aboriginal stories from 21 places around Australia’s coastline, each describing a time when sea levels were significantly lower than today. - Sea Museum - Deep TimeCITEMAKER | Automatically Generate Citations > Website URL > CHECK CHECK CHECK
"Welcome to Deep Time, the digital experience accompanying Shaped by the Sea, an exhibition that invites us to a fuller understanding of this ancient continent ... " - THE FIRST OCEANOGRAPHERS: ABORIGINAL CONNECTIONS TO THE SEACITEMAKER | Automatically Generate Citations > Website URL > CHECK CHECK CHECK
There is now considerable evidence that the First Australians arrived on the continent around 50,000 years ago. At this time, sea levels were up to 80 m lower than they are now. Much of what is now South-East Asia was connected by land in a continent called Sunda, while Australia and New Guinea formed a continent known as Sahul.
- Sea Country - An Indigenous Perspectivehttps://www.dcceew.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/indigenous.pdf
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- Museum of Underwater Art - Connection to SeaExplore the spiritual and physical connection First Nations People have with the seas and the Great Barrier Reef.
CITEMAKER | Automatically Generate Citations > Website URL > CHECK CHECK CHECK - Aboriginal Life Pre-InvasionThroughout the Pleistocene ice ages, large areas of the earth were covered by vast ice sheets. Global sea levels dropped up to 120 metres below present-day coastlines, exposing large areas of land that were once flooded by shallow seas. These lands became colonised by vegetation, animals, birds and insects over time. During the Ice Age, the island continent to the south-east of Asia comprised New Guinea, Australia and Tasmania as a single land mass. Separating this continent from Asia was a narrow sea about one hundred kilometres wide, over which the first ocean crossings were made sometime before 60,000 years ago.