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ABORIGINAL CULTUREBY BAILEY HAZLEWOOD

THE ABORIGINAL THE ABORIGINAL PEOPLEPEOPLE

Aboriginal people have lived in Australia for 50,000 years. They have all sorts of tribes like Wadi Wadi, Gundungurru and Eora, Daruk and Wandandian.

The Aboriginal people were the first people in Australia, they looked after the land and animals.

LANGUAGESLANGUAGES

Aboriginal tribes spoke different languages. Their were over 500 languages spoken by different Aboriginal tribes.

SPIRITUALITYSPIRITUALITY

Aboriginal people used to tell dream time stories and they felt like they were part of the land. There is over 200 dream time stories and lots of culture told in the stories.

FAMILY LIFE AND FAMILY LIFE AND ROLESROLES

Aboriginal people have all different roles the men hunted and the women gathered. The men were out of their tribes for nearly half a day.

TRADITIONAL FOODTRADITIONAL FOOD All Aboriginal men gathered their food

efficiently and quietly. Some of the traditional foods they ate were emu, kangaroo and lizard.

The land tribes usually ate land foods and water tribes (tribes that lived near water) made spears and went spear fishing and they usually ate fish.

TRADITIONAL IMPLEMENTS TRADITIONAL IMPLEMENTS AND TOOLSAND TOOLS

The Aboriginal people had two The Aboriginal people had two types of tools Extractive tools types of tools Extractive tools and Maintenance tools.and Maintenance tools.

Some of the Extractive tools are Some of the Extractive tools are boomerangs, shields, spears, boomerangs, shields, spears, digging sticks and canoes. Some digging sticks and canoes. Some of the maintenance tools are of the maintenance tools are stones, wood gum and vegatable stones, wood gum and vegatable material.material.

TRADITIONAL MUSIC AND TRADITIONAL MUSIC AND ARTART

Aboriginal people used didgeridoo’s and clapping sticks to make their music and they dance to the music and sung their aboriginal songs.

SACRED PLACESSACRED PLACES

The aboriginal people looked after their sacred places and other other tribe sites.

Sacred places were made out of different materials, such as Uluru, cave paintings and the Ogres.

THE BRITISH INVASION AND THE BRITISH INVASION AND COLONISATIONCOLONISATION

Aboriginal people were confused when Captain Cook and his crew arrived. They tried to defend for themselves but they got killed by Captain Cook. Captain Cook took over the Aboriginal land.

ABORIGINAL PEOPLE ABORIGINAL PEOPLE TODAYTODAY

Many Aboriginal people still live on the lands of their ancestors, speaking their own language and keeping alive their culture through song and dance.

A large number of Aboriginal people live in major cities across Australia. The ideas and feelings of these ancestors are still in their blood and they continue to understand what it is to belong to the land.

Greg InglisGreg Inglis Greg Inglis is a indigenous NRL player. He

has represented Australia, indigenous all stars and Queensland (state of origin). He plays for the South Sydney Rabbitohs, his position is Fullback, centre and five-eigth.