1. Book Project By: Grady Ewing

2.  The Aboriginal culture is one of the longest living cultures in the world.  Lasted at least 60,000 years  Most live in South East Australia.

3.  Most tribes don’t have a written language.  There are about 15 languages that are still spoken today by some tribes.

4.  People have found “rock art”, of animals that became extinct 20,000- 40,000 years ago!  Tree carving and weaving are other arts.

5.  Australia have mainly a mild-climate, people usually slept in the open warmed by a nice fire.  When Aboriginal people use houses, they usually consisted of straight branches covered with leafy branches or sheets of bark.

6.  They hunted and foraged for food.  One of their main ways to kill animals is to use two rocks, to chip away at the other rock. Which makes the other rock very sharp.  They also used boomerangs, spears, nets, and fish hooks.

7.  Religion is VERY important to them.  Around 72% of Aboriginal people practice some type of Christianity currently.  Before Christianity their belief system was “dreamtime”.  Dreamtime is the beginning of everything in their world.

8.  They wore cloaks, skirts, belts, and footwear.  They saved their cut hair, and used it for ropes, headbands, and belts.  They used possum skin for cloaks.  Most of the time they didn’t have to wear clothes because it was warm enough.

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