History of Australia - Aborigines
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| What does Aborigine mean in Latin? | from the beginning
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| Who are the Aborigines? | native (indigenous) or first known inhabitants of Australia
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| Where were Aborigines believed to have migrated from? | Asia
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| What do Aborigines use for hunting? | bommerangs & spears
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| What did Aborigines divide themselves up into? | 500-600 distinct groups or tribes
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| What languages did the Aborigines speak? | over 200 different languages
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| Since the Aborigines had no written language, how did they pass information from one generation to the next? | song and word of mouth
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| Why were Aborigines untouched by outside influences for a long period of time? | due to Australia’s remote location
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| What are Aboriginal Australians spiritual beliefs based on? | Dreamtime
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| What is Dreamtime? | the time long ago when they believe all things were created
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| What do Dreamtime stories explain? | how animals, plants, water holes, etc. were shaped by spirit beings
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| What is a sacred site to the Aborigines? | Uluru/Ayers Rock
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| What has been done to rocks at thousands of sites in Australia? | they were painted or engraved with human and animal shapes
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| When do Aborigines believe rock paintings were done? | during Dreamtime
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| What do the Australian Aborigine stories teach others about Dreamtime? | life, love, marriage, hunting, gathering, warfare, and death
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| What was the traditional way Aborigines educated others about their history, cultures, and laws? | storytelling, art, singing and dancing
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| What do the Aborigines believe the spirit ancestors did during Dreamtime? | travelled throughout the land, giving it its physical form, and setting down the rules to be followed by the Aboriginals
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| What types of painting did Aborigines do? | dot, bark & stone painting
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| What was the greatest threat to the aborigines after the Europeans began settling in Australia? | European diseases
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