Early humans
Cultural traditions
Sources and artefacts
Hunting & gathering
Miscellaneous
100
What do we call the time period that spans the beginning of the earth's formation through to the early development of humans?
Deep time history
100
What ceremonies were used to signify the change from childhood to manhood?
Initiation ceremonies
100
Is this traditional boomerang a primary or secondary source?
A primary source
100
What are the 3 types of boomerang?
Hunting (non-returning)
Returning
Cross
100
Who are the guardians of the Dreaming lore?
The Elders
200
Why did it take so long for early human to migrate out of Africa?
Deserts to the north
200
What is the term for events or places that only people of one gender can participate in or attend?
Men's/women's business
200
Is this photo of rock art a primary or secondary source?
Primary
200
Name 3 technologies First Nations people used for hunting.
Boomerangs
Spears
Fish traps
Clubs
Axes
200
What is this?
Scar tree
300
What was the name of the continent where Papua New Guinea, Australia and Tasmania were joined?
Sahul
300
These sticks were used to pass on messages such as invitation or news from one person to the other.
Message sticks
300
Is this statue a primary or secondary source?
Secondary source
300
What is the term that describes the method Aboriginal of controlled burning?
Fire-stick farming
300
What is this?
Shell midden
400
What is radiocarbon dating used for?
To estimate the age of an artefact or human/animal bones.
400
What is the term given to a natural object, plant or animal that is inherited by members of a clan or family as their spiritual emblem?
Totem
400
Is this museum display a primary or secondary source?
Secondary source
400
What is the name of this significant fish trap?
Brewarrina Fish Traps
400
What is this a definition of?
"The passing on of law, culture and history through speaking - storytelling, song and dance."
Oral tradition
500
How long ago did modern humans emerge?
200,000-300,000 years ago
500
What is the name given to the type of rock art that shows human-shaped figures and painted handprints?
Gwion
500
Is this video of an Aboriginal women telling a Dreaming story a primary or secondary source?
Primary source
500
What is a woomera?
A tool Aboriginal people use to enable spears travel further and with more force.
500
What is the purpose of a smoking ceremony?
To ward off bad spirits
600
How did early humans manage to get to Australia?
Land bridges that emerged during the last Ice Age when water was frozen in ice sheets causing the ocean levels to drop.
600
What did indigenous peoples use to navigate across the seas and land?
Stars
600
Are these megafauna bones a primary or secondary source?
Primary source
600
What is this?
Eel trap
600
Although the size of a hippopotamus, what Australian animal did a diprotodon resemble?
Wombat