Australia-How did we get here?

The word "aboriginal" means "the first" or "earliest known". The word was first used in Italy and Greece to describe people who lived there, natives or old inhabitants, not newcomers, or invaders.

The aboriginal people are the native inhabitants of Australia. They are a dark-skinned people belonging to the Australoid group more closely related to Africans than to Asians and Europeans. They are believed to be descendants of the first group of  years ago.

Being the first humans to arrive in Australia about 50,000 years ago; the Aborigines discovered Australia. They were the first human inhabitants of Australia.

Aboriginal Australians were nomadic hunter-gathers. They roamed from place to place hunting animals and gathering fruits, nuts, yams and insects which they ate.

The Aborigines never engaged in farming or built cities and towns. It has been suggested that the reason for this may be due to the fact that Australia did not have plants suitable for farming such as grain (wheat, oats, rice). They also did not have animals suitable for domestication (such as cattle, horses, goats).

There were approximately 320,000 aborigines in about 250 tribal groups at the time the first European Settlers arrived in Australia in 1778. Each group had its own territory, traditions, beliefs and language. The Aborigines have one of the oldest civilizations in the world.

The D r e a m t i m e is the centerpiece of aboriginal culture. It is the way they understand the world, how it was created, the relationship of all things and the rules that govern their lives. In some ways it similar to the Bible stories; but unlike the Bible stories it is a continuing story. That is to say, the dreaming still continues today.

Your task is to find out some information about Aboriginal History by completing all or some of the activities from the alphabetical list of words.

You will need to present your information in your Inquiry book.

Step 1:                   

Read through the Introduction, Task, Process, Evaluation and Assessment criteria and all of the steps in the process to familiarise yourself with what is required.                    

Step 2:                   

You can use any resource you have at hand to research each of the areas.

Step 3:                   

You need to include as much information as you can for each letter before going onto the next word in the alphabet.

Congratulations 

upon completing this WebQuest!

You have hopefully learned aspects about

Aboriginal History that you did not know before.

 Thanks miss G