First People
The first people living in Australia (2 answers!)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
The famous red rock formation with strong spiritual significance for many Aboriginal groups
Uluru
Violent clashes between Europeans and Aboriginal peoples during colonization
Frontier Wars
Thousands of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children were taken from their families by government and church agencies
Stolen Generations
A movie located in Australia about a father looking for his son
Finding Nemo
A curved wooden tool, used in hunting and ceremonies, is a traditional Aboriginal tool.
Boomerang
The world’s largest coral reef system, located off Australia’s northeast coast
Great Barrier Reef
Britain claiming land in Australia without agreements with Indigenous peoples
Colonization
This holiday encourages listening to personal stories, apologizing for past injustices, and supporting healing.
Sorry Day
An Australian dessert typically served at kids' birthday parties
Fairy Bread
The stories that explain how the world, people, and animals came into existence
Dreaming Stories
The biome that covers most of Australia
Outback
Europeans who came to Australia to establish towns were called
Settlers
Where did children go when they were taken from their families by the government?
institutions or foster homes
An Australian TV show featuring a dog family
Bluey
Before writing existed, Aboriginal peoples pass down knowledge of laws, survival, and spirituality
Oral Traditions
Small, controlled fires
Cultural Burning
Nobody's Land
Terra Nullius
A report that gathered many personal accounts and described how policies caused widespread human rights abuses
Bringing Them Home
The famous TV personality and conservationalist - nicknamed “The Crocodile Hunter”
Steve Irwin
The discovery that gave scientists concrete evidence that humans lived in Australia tens of thousands of years ago
Mungo Man
An animal that eats eucalyptus leaves
Koala
The place where the British arrived to settle in 1788
Botany Bay
Amed to absorb Indigenous children into non-Indigenous society so they would not grow up practicing their own cultures
assimilation
A multi-venue performing arts centre in New South Wales, Australia.
Sydney Opera House