Looking at the artworks (text version) | State Library of New South Wales

Looking at the artworks (text version)

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Look closely at the artworks of the Indigenous people of Port Jackson. Describe the people as if you had seen them for the first time. Include anything you can tell about their daily life.
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An Aboriginal woman sits in a canoe made of reeds. She dangles a line over the edge. A baby is lying in the bow facing her.
Aboriginal woman fishing

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An Aboriginal woman holding a baby kneels beside a small child who is holding a dog.
Aboriginal woman with children

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The scene shows tree covered river banks and Aboriginal men on a bank and in a canoe which has smoke billowing from it.
Aboriginal men in landscape

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An Aboriginal man stands holding a five pronged spear and holding out a fish in his hand.
Aboriginal man fishing