3.1.2

Question 1

indigenous perceptions on the environment

Answer 1

Their perceptions are founded in the Dreaming, and they have grown and developed intricate knowledge about the Australian outdoor environments they lived in.
The Dreaming is a collective name that is sometimes given to the variety of stories, myths and legends that Indigenous communities used to make sense of the environment, and to understand both the ways in which the environments worked and the ways in which people were formed or created.

Question 2

relationship with the environment parts

Answer 2

perception
interactions
impacts

Question 3

indigenous interactions with environment

Answer 3

Spend only a small number of hours each day hunting for and gathering food – a lot of downtime.
Particularly interested in the practices of Indigenous communities that were connected to their interactions with, and uses of, the environment around them.
Hunting and gathering
Mobile, semi-sedentary and sedentary communities
Agriculture
Hardware and clothing store
Fire-stick farming
Sacred sites

Question 4

Indigenous Relationships - Impacts

Answer 4

Low impact or minimal impact
-Fire
-Dingoes
-Decline in megafauna

Question 5

changes made from the colonisation of indigenous land

Answer 5

The arrival of Europeans forced many changes
Expansion of settlements for grazing and growing of food
Seized and cleared land and built fences to demarcate property ownership
Added tracks, roads and fences
Fights between the settlers and Aboriginal peoples
Tens of thousands of Aboriginal people were massacred
Fire stick farming was discouraged
Aboriginals were kidnapped as slaves (mostly women)

Question 6

health, education and social issues in indigenous australians

Answer 6

Common problems associated with indigenous communities around the world are poor physical and mental health, low education and income levels, lower life expectancy, alcohol and drug abuse, increased incarceration rates, domestic violence, and other related social issues.
Indigenous communities are easily susceptible to these issues
Reduced access to Country and sacred sites, relocation of whole communities, and loss of traditional practices are some of the factors that lead to these problems