Aborigines

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Aborigines Original People
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Asia to Australia

• The Aborigines came to Australia from Asia 30,000
  years ago.

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Community

• They lived in small groups.
• The community had strong
• feelings against quarrels.
• Duels were fought to end
• arguments.

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Hunters and Gatherers

• Aboriginal men hunted.
• The women gathered berries and
• fruit. They also dug yams and roots.
• As the animals migrated so did the
  Aborigines..

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The Hunt

• The men covered themselves in mud for camouflage.
• They used boomerangs, clubs, and stones to kill
  kangaroos, lizards, and snakes.

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In the Beginning

• Aboriginal people have strong spiritual
• beliefs.
• They believe that their ancestors rose from
  below the earth to form parts of nature including
  animals, water, and sky.
• This is called Dream Time.

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Sacred Places

• Aborigines believe that you should never
• walk on, climb on, or disturb the
• Three Sisters.

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• Ancestor spirits were invited to a feast. They
  were distracted along the way by beautiful
  sleeping lizard women. They didnt make it to
  the feast. The angry hosts sang evil into the
  mud sculptures that came to life as a dingo. A
  great battle took place and the two leaders were
  killed. Earth rose up in grief at the blood shed
  becoming Ulhuru.
• If you take the rocks youll be cursed

Ulhuru
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Music and Art

• Music and art are shared through story telling.
• The didgeridoo is a naturally hollowed out (by
  ants) wooden tube that is used to make music.

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What Happened?

• In the 1880s Great Britain settled Australia.
• The British brought disease, killing
• thousands of Aborigines.
• Their land was taken for towns and
• ranching.
• They had to fight for their Civil Rights and
  are still fighting today.