AUDIO: Children revive possum skin art

Aboriginal children are reviving an ancient art of personalised possum skin cloaks, that carry identity messages.
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Aboriginal children are reviving an ancient art of personalised possum skin cloaks, that carry identity messages.

Only five traditional possum skin cloaks survive but Koori children are reviving the tradition of telling their place in society through an art form unique to the coldest regions of south-eastern Australia.

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Vincent O’Donnell
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Dr Vincent O’Donnell produces Arts Alive and is an Honorary Associate of RMIT’s School of Media and Communication and a Fellow of the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies at the University of Melbourne.