Category 1: Long, Long Ago
This means a very, very long time in the past.
Deep Time
This cave in Tasmania showed people lived there during the Ice Age.
Kutikina Cave?
These special stories explain how the land and animals were made.
creation stories or Dreaming stories
First Nations Australians made these to collect water in dry places.
soak wells or rock holes
These people today are related to the very first Australians.
First Nations Australians
First Nations Australians have lived in Australia for over this many years.
65,000
These are things made or used by people a long time ago.
Artefacts
This coloured powder is used in art and ceremonies.
Ochre
This is how knowledge was passed from older people to younger people.
oral tradition
This word means giving back remains to the families or communities.
Repatriation
This big land once joined Australia, New Guinea, and Tasmania.
Sahul
This place had ancient footprints and one of the world’s oldest cremations.
Lake Mungo
These giant animals lived in Australia a long time ago and are found in old stories.
megafauna
In coastal places, people dug these into sand to find water.
sand dune wells
We must do this to protect special places and stories.
conservation or respect cultural heritage
The time period before written history.
Prehistory
These are pictures painted on rocks.
pictographs
These are rules and traditions that people followed in daily life.
Lore
People knew when and where to find this life-saving liquid.
Water
These two big places (one has a red rock!) are World Heritage sites.
Uluru-Kata Tjuta and Kakadu
These two types of science help tell us when people first came to Australia.
Radiocarbon dating and thermoluminescence?
These are images scratched or carved into rocks.
petroglyphs
This group from Arnhem Land uses log coffins in funerals.
Yolngu
This type of natural water source helped people survive the dry.
Springs
Museums and galleries must do this when they show First Nations history.
consult Traditional Owners or get permission