Who were Australia's first people?
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
What does the word 'Country' mean?
It is more than just the land, it includes the sky, water, animals, plants, and ancestors
Name one state of Australia
Teacher Check
Name the capital of Australia
Canberra
How long have they been here?
50, 000 to 60, 000 years
What is bush tucker?
Food that can be found in the Australian nature that humans can eat
Name an iconic Sydney landmark
Sydney Opera House
Name the most famous city in Australia
Sydney
How do we know how long the first people of Australia have been here?
Archaeologists study rock paintings, artefacts, and bones.
True or False: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made paint out of grinded down rocks and plants.
True
Name an important water feature of Australia, famous for corals, fish and diversity of marine life
Great Barrier Reef
Name the two national animals of Australia
Red kangaroo, emu
Name or describe a Dreaming story we studied this term
Echidna & Turtle, Lightning Man
True or False: Australia used to be divided into hundred of smaller sections before the British came.
True
Name the national flowers of Australia
Golden Wattle
Waratah
Name the tallest mountain of Australia
Mount Kosziosko
What does the 'Dreaming' refer to?
The Dreaming says that people, along with the land, seas, skies, plants and animals, were created by ancestor spirits who travelled across the land in human form.
Name the nation/tribe on whose land we are on right now.
Dharug
Name all the states and territories of Australia
New South Wales
Queensland
Tasmania
Northern Territory
South Australia
Western Australia
Victoria
Name a hunting tool used by some Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Boomerang