ABORIGINES

http://www.islamicgarden.com/australia.html

GEOGRAPHICALLOCATION

• The Aborigines live in Australia

• http://www.embassyenglish.com/schools/australia

DAILY LIFE• Most of Australia's traditional Indigenous people lived nomadic lifestyles. This means that they rarely settled in one place and would

move from location to location in search of seasonal food, water and shelter• As they were constantly on the move, most Indigenous people did not concern themselves with possessions. There were some

groups that stuck to specific areas and did not move around as much• Indigenous people deeply understood the land that they lived on. Australia was a very harsh environment, yet they managed to

survive whilst maintaining well-balanced diets. Indigenous people knew how to track their environment and read the different signs that signalled the seasons. Different seasons meant the availability of different foods and the need for different types of shelter and clothing.

• http://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/A/Aboriginal%20life%20pre-invasion.htm

FOOD• They eat fruits, nuts, seeds, roots, yams, witchetty grubs, insects, snakes, lizards, stalks, berries, edible leaves, honey,

shellfish, lobster, pipis, crab, mussels and yabbies .

• http://www.travelnt.com/things-to-do/art-culture-and-heritage/aboriginal-culture/bush-food

CLOTHING

• use animal skins, fur side in, for warmth, especially during cold nights. A special oil based substance was often placed on children's bodies to protect them from the cold.

Men would often wear a girdle, similar to a belt, made from animal fur or twine. Some women were known to wear apron style clothes made from animal skins and leaves.

Indigenous people placed a great amount of importance on body decorations. Men and women would wear different decorations including headgear, necklaces, bracelets and armbands all made from things found naturally. Most body decorations were worn during special occasions and ceremonies.

http://www.crystalinks.com/aboriginals.html

ARTS & CRAFTS• Nets, baskets and bags• sticks• Watercraft and canoes• Trade in material culture and technology

• http://news.aboriginalartdirectory.com/tags/craft

RELIGION, TRADITIONSAND CUSTOMS

• believe that at the beginning of time the world was a shapless mass of nothing, waitng to be transformed into what we see today.

• The mythic beings called the ancestors arrived, the ancestors took many shapes, although most commonly they were great serpants

• The ancestors began to travel across the world shaping the landscape and creating new life as they went. Every major geographical feature in australia has an aboriginal story to explain it

• The Dreaming gets very abstract, it turns almost into another dimension.• Aborigines beleive that they are constantly living in the Dreaming and that every time they do something they leave an

impression on the other reality that is the Dreaming

http://religiousworldlcr.weebly.com/aboriginal-spirituality.html

PROBLEMS• Today the Aborigines are in trouble. Many have left the their traditional lifestyle, and have moved to suburbs• There is a 40% unemployment rate in many Aborigines populations, in part because Aborigines are widely discriminated against

which causes some people not to hire them Even the police and government discriminate against aborigines.

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SOLUTIONS• The Australian government should give land back to an Aboriginal person who wants to live the way his or her people were

before the British arrived. • Donate to Survival.• Write a letter to your MP or MEP (UK).• Write to the President, your senators, congressmen or other elected officials (US).• Write to your local Australian high commission or embassy, find out more.

• http://au.greekreporter.com/2013/02/11/australia-racism-problem/

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