Monitoring of creation studies left to schools Oct 16, 2008
He used the example of schools being able to teach Aboriginal dreamtime legends as long as they also taught the science syllabus. Dr Kaye said such an approach was a gross misinterpretation of the flexibility the board of studies gives to schools. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
The Australians Jul 20, 2007
These were intended for young Australians and contained such gobbets of Australiana as Aboriginal Dreamtime stories and Paul Keating's speech on the Unknown Soldier. Commissioned by the National Australia Day Council, The Australians takes a similar approach. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Honeymoon secrets of the South Pacific May 18, 2007
Rangers will point out red kangaroo tracks and ancient rock art done in the aboriginal Dreamtime tradition. The nearby Cultural Centre, with the Ininti Store and adjoining Maruku Arts and Crafts Centre, makes a nice souvenir stop. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Going Native in the Australian Outback: Mar 9, 2007
On an intellectualized level, these aboriginal dreamtime tales played a practical role in nomadic survival, using their rich details to teach lessons about sharing resources or avoiding dangers. Given the stories I've just learned (and which I rephrased here in an admittedly impressionistic and Western manner), one might conclude that the tale of the corkwood-nectar flood is an admonition against complacency in the face of abundance, or the story of the chilba a cautionary tale about getting... (Slate)
Past and present merge to tell our stories Jan 28, 2007
The Aboriginal dreamtime history goes back by up to 60,000 years, undisturbed until 1788, when the First Fleet of settlers arrived from England. Some of the artists whose work is truly contemporary include Anish Kapoor (India), who has made brilliantly colored installations with pigments, and sculpted forms, which play tricks on the senses. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
