Abstract
Art is vital to a study of history, as monuments, sculptures, paintings and literary works of art are often the only remaining testimonials of ancient times. When dealing with modern or contemporary events, however, a greater amount of non-artistic material is available; yet art is still important to it as it can reflect the very personal view of an individual upon a particular aspect or event of his time or of the past. In the last thirty years of the twentieth century, many Aboriginal artists have worked on topics related the past of their people, in particular the oppression they underwent from European settlers for more than two centuries that emerges in the recurrent themes.
