18 Questions
First Nations peoples arrived in Sahul c. ______ years BP
60,000-80,000
Australia's most arid desert regions and coldest alpine areas became permanently settled c. ______ years BP
30,000
The discovery of skeletal remains at Lake Mungo dated back to ______ to 42,000 years old
40,000
The language group in 'Top End' and north-west Australia is known as ______ language group
non-Pama-Nyungan
There are approximately ______ separate languages in Australia
300
The boundaries between neighbouring territories were marked by ______ features or culturally significant sites/tribal pathways
physical
The first human ______ voyagers were supported by genomic tracing
transoceanic
The Mungo Lady's remains were removed and taken to ______ in 1968
Canberra
Indigenous cultures were varied and dynamic in response to the challenges of the surrounding ______.
environments
During the Pleistocene epoch, ground-edge ______ and tools commonly featured.
axes
In Australia, boomerangs and ______ also appeared during the Pleistocene epoch.
spear-throwers
Aboriginal ______ possibly first export commodity in northern Australia.
spears
Tool technologies and engineering skills, such as ______ and water conservation, developed according to location.
aquaculture
Exploitation of different food sources required ______ skills and knowledge.
specialised
Josephine Flood's thesis proposed that indigenous societies were 'affluent' and ______.
mobile
In 'The Dreaming', ancestral beings created the land and ______ in it.
everything
Dreaming beings relayed ______ and law, passed down through tribes.
knowledge
Totemic spirituality involves a natural object, plant, or animal inherited by clan or family members as a ______ emblem.
totemic
Explore the arrival and settlement history of First Nations peoples in Australia, including their continuous civilization dating back 60,000-80,000 years. Learn about the genomic tracing that supports them as the most ancient continuous civilization on Earth.
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