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| Keywords: Expedition guides next to wet-weather huts - NMA-156838.jpg en Depending on where they lived Arnhem Land people might only move camps two or three times a year They would spend the dry season the middle of the calendar year in lower areas including flood plains and the wet seasons in higher areas such as the escarpment They built different shelters depending on the time of year Wet season shelters such as this one were more substantial in order to keep the rain out They were constructed of sheets of paperbark over a wooden frame Sometimes to while the time away people would paint designs in ochre on the inside of the shelters 1928 http //www nma gov au/collections-search/display app tlf irn 12806 National Museum of Australia Institution National Museum of Australia Creator Herbert Basedow photo PD-Australia Photographs by Herbert Basedow Photographs in the National Museum of Australia People of Australia Aboriginal Australians Aboriginal architecture | ||||
