Indigenous Australians traditional practices

Question 1

How do the TSI’s and aboriginals live TODAY

Answer 1

The aboriginals and TSI’s still live connected to their CULTURAL tradditions and ancestors

Question 2

Why do the aboriginals take care of their land?

Answer 2

1. because if gives them food
2. part of their dreaming stories, they have a strong spiritual connection with their land
3. shapes their identity
4. strong RESPECT for their land

Question 3

Are the aboriginals still practicing their tradditions today?

Answer 3

YES

Question 4

What foods were collected by the aboriginals?

Answer 4

1. small animals
2. seafood
3. insects
4. eggs
5. vegetables
6. berries
7. spices
8. plants

Question 5

What foods were hunted in the river system?

Answer 5

1. kangaroos
2. buffalo
3. magpie
4. goose
5. fish

Question 6

What foods were hunted in the desert areas

Answer 6

1. kangaroos
2. snakes
3. lizards
4. possums

Question 7

What foods were hunted in coastal areas?

Answer 7

1. fish
2. sea turtles
3. shellfish

Question 8

What birds were hunted?

Answer 8

1. Parrots
2. Bush turkeys

Question 9

What other foods did they extract from plants?

Answer 9

1. sugar
2. salt
3. other spices

Question 10

What effected the types of food avaliable?

Answer 10

1. season (spring or summer etc)
2. where they lived (coastal or desert)

Question 11

What did aboriginals need to learn when getting food

Answer 11

They needed to learn the techniques to find and collect food

Question 12

Why did aboriginal hunting methods differ?

Answer 12

1. depending on WHERE they lived they would hunt different animals
2. depending on what RESOURCES they had they would make different weapons

Question 13

Do aboriginals TODAY continue to use the same tools and weapons

Answer 13

YES

Question 14

What were spears used for?

Answer 14

hunting, fishing and fighting

Question 15

What is a spear made of?

Answer 15

They are made from a single piece of wood with one sharp pointed end

Question 16

What is the point of the spear made of?

Answer 16

The point on the end is made from 1. bird or animal bone,
2.shell,
3. fish teeth
4. sharpened stone

Question 17

What is the sharp point of the spear connected to?

Answer 17

The sharp materials are connected to the long piece of wood with twine made from plant fibres

Question 18

What was used to trap aquatic animals?

Answer 18

1. Nets
2. baskets
3. bags

Question 19

What were were baskets made of?

Answer 19

1. reeds
2. grass
3. stalks
4. vines
5. sea grass

Question 20

How did they make the baskets?

Answer 20

coiling, twining, looping and weaving the materials together

Question 21

How did they make the baskets?

Answer 21

coiling, twining, looping and weaving the materials together

Question 22

What did they use the baskets to catch?

Answer 22

1. eels
2. fish
3. oysters
4. mussels
5. other shellfish

Question 23

What could they use the tightly woven baskets for?

Answer 23

1. Honey
2. other liquids

Question 24

Why is it important to know where to find water?

Answer 24

Because Australia is a dry and arid country and we need water to survive

Question 25

How did aboriginals find water?

Answer 25

1. dig for water 2. plants have water in their trunks 3. Cultural groups lived near rivers and lakes 4. RAIN comes and needs to be collected quickly

Question 26

Where does water collect?

Answer 26

1. waterholes 2. rocks 3. tree hollows and underground roots of trees 4. filling rivers and lakes

Question 27

How do aboriginals know if there is water around?

Answer 27

1. They see certain animals 2. Plants change the way they look

Question 28

How did the aboriginals live 45,000 years ago and how do we know this?

Answer 28

They lived by the lake catching fish and animals. The lakes were full and there was alot of native animals and plants. We know this as they left behind fishing equipment and tools

Question 29

What happened 20,000 years ago?

Answer 29

The climate became very COLD and DRY and the lakes dried up

Question 30

What happened 10,000 years ago?

Answer 30

The climate became similar to today and without water people could not live beside the lakes.

Question 31

What happened when europeans arrived 200 years ago?

Answer 31

They brought sheep and cattle which also changed the landscape

Question 32

Where did the aboriginals and TSI's sleep before european settlement?

Answer 32

The slept in open air temporary shelters know as HUMPHIES

Question 33

What was HUMPHIES made from in mild climates?

Answer 33

They were made from materials found on the land 1. branches 2. sticks 3. leaves 4. sheets of bark

Question 34

wWhat was HUMPHRIES made from in wet and colder conditions?

Answer 34

The framework consisted of bent sticks meeting in the centre to create a dome shape. They were 1 to 2 metres HIGH. They were covered in layers of spinifex grass, twigs and leaves