1.3 - Origins Of The Continent: Aboriginal Perspective

Front 1

What does Dream time mean?

Back 1

They are stories told by the Indigenous people when all things began and has been passed down by word of mouth over thousands of years. They explain how the world came to be and provided rules and sometimes warned of danger.

Front 2

What did the land provide for the Indigenous people?

Back 2

The land provided everything they needed to survive and connected them to all living things

Front 3

How long have the Indigenous peoples lived in Australia?

Back 3

40 000 years

Front 4

How and when did the ancestral beings of Indigenous people emerge?

Back 4

Through the dream time and they appeared from the ground, sky and across the seas. Many changed their form from human to plant or animal.

Front 5

What did Aboriginal paintings depict?

Back 5

The landscape and events of the Dreaming from an aerial perspective. They can be plan views providing a map of sacred sites and hunting grounds.

Front 6

What style of art is found in the Kimberley region of Western Australia?

Back 6

Wandjina style art