White clay and ochre.

The techniques of archaeologists, artists, and photographers from the Australian Museum are applied in a field study of aborigines of western New South Wales, where the demanding conditions for survival shown in cave paintings are seen to persist in today's aboriginal life. From the Australian Museum series

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Studies the aborigines of western New South Wales, highlighting on - location work of an Australian museum field party. Shows one of the few remaining areas where the aborigine still lives, as he has for thousands of years., Studies the aborigines of western New South Wales, highlighting on-location work of an Australian museum field party. Shows one of the few remaining areas where the aborigine still lives, as he has for thousands of years.
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The techniques of archaeologists, artists, and photographers from the Australian Museum are applied in a field study of aborigines of western New South Wales, where the demanding conditions for survival shown in cave paintings are seen to persist in today's aboriginal life. From the Australian Museum series

Search Educational Film Journals at Media History Project for references to this film

Summary

Studies the aborigines of western New South Wales, highlighting on - location work of an Australian museum field party. Shows one of the few remaining areas where the aborigine still lives, as he has for thousands of years., Studies the aborigines of western New South Wales, highlighting on-location work of an Australian museum field party. Shows one of the few remaining areas where the aborigine still lives, as he has for thousands of years. NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.

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