YEAR 9 HUMANITIESYEAR 9 HUMANITIES

THE ORIGINAL AUSTRALIANSTHE ORIGINAL AUSTRALIANS

This Aboriginal learning unit of This Aboriginal learning unit of work aims to:work aims to:

The original AustraliansThe original Australians

Australia was discovered and settled Australia was discovered and settled by Indigenous Australians around 40 by Indigenous Australians around 40 – 60,000 years prior to White – 60,000 years prior to White settlement.settlement.

What does the word Aborigine What does the word Aborigine mean?mean?

Having existed in a region from the Having existed in a region from the beginning beginning

A person, animal, or plant that has been A person, animal, or plant that has been in a country or region from earliest in a country or region from earliest times. times.

Having existed in a region from the Having existed in a region from the beginning: for example, beginning: for example, aboriginalaboriginal forests forests

You can say: “An aboriginal inhabitant of You can say: “An aboriginal inhabitant of Australia”Australia”

What does the word What does the word ‘‘IndigenousIndigenous’ mean? ’ mean?

Similar meaning to the word Similar meaning to the word aborigineaborigine

Indigenous means ‘Native-born’, or Indigenous means ‘Native-born’, or first first

Originating and living or occurring Originating and living or occurring naturally in an area or environment naturally in an area or environment

What do you know about What do you know about Indigenous Australia?Indigenous Australia?

What do you know?What do you know? What do you want to What do you want to know?know?

ABORIGINES GROUPED IN ABORIGINES GROUPED IN TRIBAL NATIONSTRIBAL NATIONS

There were There were generally generally around around 700 700 separate separate tribal nations tribal nations in Australiain Australia..

This map indicates only the This map indicates only the general location of larger general location of larger groupings of people which groupings of people which may include smaller groups may include smaller groups such as clans, dialects or such as clans, dialects or individual languages in a individual languages in a group. group.

Click on this website to find Click on this website to find out more information about out more information about each tribal nation each tribal nation http://www.abc.net.au/indigenhttp://www.abc.net.au/indigenous/map/default.htmous/map/default.htm

On your map of Australia locate the On your map of Australia locate the language group for Melbourne and write it language group for Melbourne and write it on your map. Look up the Internet to help on your map. Look up the Internet to help

you. you.

How many languages were How many languages were there among the 700 nations?there among the 700 nations?

There were approximately There were approximately 250 250 languageslanguages

Understanding each other was easy Understanding each other was easy as there were often similarities as there were often similarities between languagesbetween languages

There were often different dialects There were often different dialects that distinguished each nation – that that distinguished each nation – that is certain, words and phrases were is certain, words and phrases were used in quite different ways.used in quite different ways.

Looking at this map of Victoria, Looking at this map of Victoria, how many nations can you how many nations can you

count?count?

Where did the Aborigines come Where did the Aborigines come from?from?

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