Let's look at some Australian Art

(and learn some new vocabulary too)

Droving into the Light - Hans Heysen

A new word for you - DROVING

It means to 'drive' sheep or cattle in the direction you want them to go. The man or woman who does the droving is called a 'DROVER'. Isn't Australian English beautiful?

A picture by Darcy Doyle. The kids are playing cricket. The fence is called a PICKET FENCE. The picket is the upright wooden piece. The road is UNSEALED - it means that it has not got anything covering the natural earth to 'seal' it. The house is build on STUMPS. These are wooden posts, driven into the ground.

The boy with the ball is called the BOWLER. The verb is BOWLING. The boy with the BAT is called the BATSMAN. Behind him are three vertical sticks driven into the ground. They are called the WICKETS, but often we use the singular term, THE WICKET. Behind the wicket is the WICKET KEEPER. 

Home Again - Frederick McCubbin

An evocative picture of a man, probably a miner, returning to his home. The dog is glad to see him. Is she? 

(evocative = inspires or brings out memories, feelings, emotions)

 Down on his luck

Just a beautiful picture showing typical bush that you can find within an hour of any Australian city. 

One of those wonderful Darcy Doyle pictures that remind us of an old Australia. BUT, you can find places like this all around Australia, although the roads are probably sealed now. I just love those old Australian wooden houses that always look like they are about to fall down but never do.

 ABORIGINAL ART

Quite unique, and often hard to interpret. In this picture, there are two GOANNAS. Goanna is an Aboriginal word for a particular kind of lizard.