Australia's Silk Road?...

I knew a little about the skills of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, but this link provides so many more wonderful insights... https://t.co/gyoFqEuLA4

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) April 11, 2022

WARWAR: Art of Torres Strait...,

NAIDOC Week 2021 at Newcastle Art Gallery, NSW...
WARWAR: The Art of Torres Strait

Toby Cedar - Op Nor Beizam (Shark Mask) White, 2018 pic.twitter.com/KsGUNzbP4m

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) July 6, 2021

indigenous banana cultivators...

Indigenous Australians, on tiny Mabuyag Island, north of the mainland in the Torres Strait, farmed bananas.
Researchers found banana microfossils, stone tools, charcoal + a series of retaining walls at the site. These Australians were not solely "hunter-gatherers". https://t.co/NarE43dyZl pic.twitter.com/OwXdHuCmTt

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) August 12, 2020