1. Australia
Aborigines

2. In the BEGINNING Aborigines – Natives of Australia
Arrived from Southeast ASIA about 40,000 years ago
“the people who were here from the beginning”

3. Aborigines Hunters & Gatherers Adapted to harsh climate Storing water
Built wells

4. Aboriginal Art
Rock art gives archaeologists clues about early Aboriginal life

5. Inventions
Boomerangs and ground axes

6. Inventions
Ground Stone – one use was to grind seeds into flour

7. 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)

8. Aborigines Today
Aborigines make up less than 3% of Australia’s population today (about 400,000)
Most live in the
outback region