5. Aboriginals
oral tradition
in Australia for at least forty
thousand years
• The Aboriginal Australians
from Southeast Asia on foot or by
canoe
firestick farming, cremations,
rock art, the first boomerangs,
ground axes. . .
1. live in tribes or clans
2. Sleep in gunyas, caves or
in open air
5. Aboriginals
3 Having no alphabet or system of writing, they have no written
evidence of their existence.
4 The only types of evidence that can be used to establish the
amazing history of this culture are their oral traditions that
have been passed down through generations by word of mouth
and the various archaeological discoveries.
7 Because of this lack of written language, they were considered
a primitive race by the European explorers who landed on the
Australian continent in 1788.
To be continued
17 The Aboriginals have been known for many innovations,
including the earliest human cremations, rock art, the first
boomerangs, and ground axes.
22 Those who made up the tribes were in a family or kinship
group that shared the same bloodline and had their own beliefs,
and stories.