Traditional Aboriginal Ways of Life
Around 65,000 years
How long have Aboriginal people lived in Australia?
1788
In what year did the First Fleet arrive in Australia?
Straffefange
What does the word convict mean?
Moore River
Where were Molly, Daisy and Gracie sent after being taken from their families?
Canberra
What is the capital of Australia?
The Dreamtime
What is the name of the Aboriginal Australians’ creation stories?
To establish a penal colony
Why did Britain establish a settlement in Australia in 1788?
Forfædre
What does the word ancestors mean?
1915
In what year did the government get more power to remove Aboriginal children from their families?
The Pacific and Indian Oceans
Which two oceans surround Australia?
Songs and stories
What do Aboriginal Australians use to pass on knowledge, beliefs and traditions?
They lost land, and many suffered from violence and disease.
What happened to the Aboriginal people when the British settled in Australia?
Mundtligt
What does the word orally mean?
Their Aboriginal language, culture and traditions
What were many of the children prevented from learning or practising?
The Australian dollar
What is the name of Australia's currency?
It is deeply connected to their culture, identity and spirituality.
What does the land mean to Aboriginal Australians?
Captain James Cook
Who was the British explorer who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain in 1770?
Indfødt (urbefolkning)
What does the word indigenous mean?
2008
In what year did Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd formally apologise to the Stolen Generations?
Six
How many states does Australia have?
Spears and boomerangs
What did Aboriginal Australians traditionally use to hunt animals?
1986
In what year did Australia become fully independent from Britain?
Et land, der ikke tilhører nogen
What does the term terra nullius refer to?
To assimilate Aboriginal children into white Australian society.
Why did the white Australian government allow Aboriginal children to be removed from their families?
26 January
On what date is Australia Day celebrated?