connection with country Flashcards
What does country mean to aboriginals?
A term used to explain a family, spiritual as well as physical connection to a place
How do aboriginals act as conservationists?
By using natural resources for food, shelter, clothing, tools and weapons, medicines, art and ceremonial objects
How did they learn to care for the land?
The practices were passed on from generation to generation
Why do the aboriginals care for the land?
They have a spiritual connection to the land
How do we learn about aboriginal and TSI connection with the country?
- Scientific way
- Dreaming way
What is the scientific way?
- Historians, archeologists and scientists STUDY objects, skeletons and artefacts to find out how long the aboriginals have lived in australia and how they lived their lives
- Using evidence they BUILD A PICTURE of what life was like (as new evidence comes the picture changes slightly)
What is the dreaming way?
- The dreaming way says that EVERYTHING was created by ancestor spirits who travelled across the land in human form.
- They created sea, sky, land, plants, animals
- As the ancestors travelled they left RECORDS including art, objects, natural features.
4.They also sang songs, held ceremonies and told stories which were passed down from generation to generation
Why do we study aboriginal culture?
- To understand how long they live in australia
- how they lived
Why was mungo man important to the aborginals?
Mungo man is part of theie HERITAGE
He reflects their past and tells a story
Why was mungo man important to the scientists
He helped scientists understand how long aboriginals have lived in australia and how they lived
Why did the aboriginals campaign to move mungo man from the university?
They wanted him to move mungo man back back to his community and give him a proper burial ceremony.
