Aboriginal Australian Allegory and Arrival
Story. Lesson or moral.
What is an Allegory?
Creator, ancestor, one of the oldest continuous religious beliefs in the world.
Who is the Rainbow Serpent?
Demonstrating and celebrating, Jan. 26th
What are Invasion Day/Australia Day events?
250 and 120
What is the number of languages once spoken and now spoken by aboriginal Australians?
54 years, world record, Jan. 26th, 1972
What is the protest for Aboriginal Australian land rights?
Made the route to Australia possible for early humans.
What are landbridges?
Hard to explain, natural, i.e. rainbow
What is a phenomenon?
January 26th, 1788
What is "arrival day", Australia Day, or Invasion Day (when British ships arrived with colonists)?
65,000 years
What is the age of distinct Aboriginal cultures?
Tent and umbrella
What is the Aboriginal tent embassy?
Known to have been used in the burial ceremonies of prehistoric Australians.
What is red ochre?
Watering holes and springs
What is the resting place of the Rainbow serpent?
Concept for the legal justification for British colonization of Australia, abolished in 1992
What is "terra nullius"?
The "_______________________" forced new immigrants to take a dictation test in any European Langauge when entering the country...
What is the Immigration Act of 1901?
Demand for land rights and representation. 1972
What is a petition to the Queen of England?
Buried around 50,000 years ago, some of the earliest evidence of humans in Australia
Who are Mungo Man and Mungo Woman?
"Those who obey will be rewarded; I shall give them human form. But for those who don't, they will be puniched and turned to _______________."
What is "stone"?
"jack" red, white, and blue...
What is the Union Jack, or British Flag?
"..not as clever or as moral..."
What is the prevailing belief about non-"white" Australians of the 1800s, that today we would call racist?
Rejected independent ownership of traditional land. Offered 50-year leases...
What was Prime Minister William McMahon's announcement in 1972?
“G’day, care to Barbie a snag in the Arvo in our thongs?”
What is, "Hi, want to BBQ a sausage this afternoon in our flip flops?"
With over 210 known species spread across six distinct families, these reptiles play a crucial role in maintaining healthy ecosystems across the continent
What is the snake?
Symbolizing the sun (yellow), the earth/ochre (red), and the people (black)
What are the symbolic colors of the Aboriginal National Flag of Australia?
With his death, the language has ceased to exist in the spoken form
Who is Big Bill Niedjie?
"Until we get land rights..."
Who is Billy Craig responding to the question, "How long are you planning to be here?" (reported by Michael Anderson)