SOURCE2 A mind-map of some of the questions that came up in the quest to ýnd out more about how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples managed the land.
What tools did they use on the land?
How would Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples know what was safe to grow?
Did Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples really use fire?
How did Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples manage the land?
Did Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples ‘farm’ the land?
What technology was available thousands of years ago?
What plants existed at the time?
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To answer the questions that you have developed, you will need to have a source to help you. The image can already help with some of the questions — such as, what technology was available thousands of years ago? The spears in SOURCE3 are exactly that — technology that helps to secure food. You may wish to use other sources in this resource or as part of internet research.
SOURCE3 Joseph Lycett, the early nineteenth-century convict artist, painted images of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ lives. Lycett’s paintings show ýre being used as a tool to catch animals and create grasslands. Early European explorers often noted open country with scattered trees that looked like well-tended parkland. Firestick farming created the landscape that Europeans occupied in 1788.
Jacaranda Humanities Alive 7 Victorian Curriculum Third Edition
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