1. The Origins of Australia
Mr Daly
The Origins of Australia
Saturday, 1 December 2018
Learning Objective: Identify and explore Australia’s origins
Learning Outcome: To acknowledge the cultural and scientific origins of Australia
Success Criteria: To be able to communicate different beliefs of how Australia was formed
Activities
Summary
Worksheet
Notes
Creative Task

2. Geographical Origins of Australia
Mr Daly
Geographical Origins of Australia
Saturday, 1 December 2018
Scientific / Geographical perspective
Continental Drift
The studying of the gradual movement and formation of continents.
Plate Tectonics
The studying of the movement, folding and faulting of the Earth’s crust

4. https://maps.google.com.au/

7. Geographical Origins of Australia
Mr Daly
Geographical Origins of Australia
Saturday, 1 December 2018
An old, flat continent
Australia has been described as old and flat. This is because the Australian continent has experienced a long period of geological stability, which means there has not been much volcanic or tectonic activity in the recent past.
As a result, Australia has been open to the forces of weathering and erosion, which are processes that break apart and move rocks and soil around.
In the distant past, however, there were volcanic eruptions and earthquakes that helped shape the face of Australia

8. Geographical Origins of Australia
Mr Daly
Geographical Origins of Australia
Saturday, 1 December 2018
Aboriginal perspective
The Dreaming
The Aboriginal people made sense of the world through the stories of the Dreamtime, which were about a time referred to as the Dreaming.
Each Aboriginal community had its own unique Dreamtime stories that had been nurtured and faithfully passed down to succeeding generations for thousands of years.
Activity
From the video, make your own Dreamtime story about how Australia was created. Draw it in a story board. You can copy the video.

9. The Rainbow Serpent Story
Mr Daly
The Dreamtime Creation Story
Saturday, 1 December 2018
The Rainbow Serpent Story
The Rainbow Serpent was the mother to us all
She woke one day and as she travelled around the Earth
She carved out the mountains and rivers
She called out to all living creatures to populate the land
She told the humans to be protectors of the land
She told the tribes to pass this knowledge onto their children
Anyone who breaks the laws will be taken by the Great Mother Serpent

10. The giant snake carved out the Earth
The ancient sprits created the stars