Australia Aborigines
In the BEGINNING Aborigines – Natives of Australia Arrived from Southeast ASIA about 40,000 years ago “the people who were here from the beginning”
Aborigines Hunters & Gatherers Adapted to harsh climate Storing water Built wells
Aboriginal Art Rock art gives archaeologists clues about early Aboriginal life
Inventions Boomerangs and ground axes
Inventions Ground Stone – one use was to grind seeds into flour
Religion Dreamtime – how they believe the world was created Divided into tribes (maybe 500 people) Tribes are then divided into smaller groupings known as hordes (10-20 people)
Aborigines Today Aborigines make up less than 3% of Australia’s population today (about 400,000) Most live in the outback region