Aboriginal

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FOOD

They eat food that they are able to find. Women and children searching for and gathering food from the local area like fruit seeds nuts etc. Men hunt and fish for the meat to feed the tribe.

CLOTHING They don’t wear clothes. they often use

animals skins for warmth. Traditionally, Indigenous people did not wear clothing. The different seasons and climates across the country determined the need for clothes. Indigenous groups in colder areas would often use animal skins, fur side in, for warmth, especially during cold nights. A special oil based substance was often placed on children's bodies to protect them from the cold.

DAILLY LIFEThey live in nomadic lifestyles. They search

of seasonal food and water. They know how to track their environment and read the different signs that signaled seasons. Hunting is a word that is in their daily life.

Arts & Crafts Tools and implements reflect the

geographical location of different groups. While tools varied by group and location. Aboriginal people all had implements such as knives, scrapers, axe-heads, spears, various vessels for eating and drinking, and digging sticks. Aborigines used canoes and rafts to travel extensively through their lands.

Religion traditions and customs The Aboriginal religion is based heavily

on the Dreaming. The Dreaming is the Aboriginal creation story. The mythic beings called the ancestors arrived, the ancestors took many shapes, although most commonly they were great serpants. Every major geographical feature in Australia has an aboriginal story to explain it Dreaming and that every time they do something they leave an impression on the other reality that is the Dreaming.

Problems Ever since the British first invaded, Aboriginal

peoples have had their land stolen from them or destroyed. Until 1992, when it was finally overturned, the legal principle governing British and then Australian law regarding Aboriginal land was that of ‘terra nullius that the land was empty before the British arrived, belonged to no-one, and could legitimately be taken over. The initial invasions also sparked huge waves of disease that killed thousands – many others were massacred.

Solutions The initial invasions also sparked huge

waves of disease that killed thousands – many others were massacred. Survival also supported the campaign of the Mira people in the Northern Territory against a proposed uranium mine on their sacred land. This campaign succeeded in persuading the mining company not to go ahead.