LESSON 2.1 Overview
INQUIRY QUESTION How do Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, as the world’s oldest continuing cultures, show both continuity and change over time? The history, culture and beliefs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples date back over 65 000 years, representing the world’s longest continuous culture. Archaeological evidence from places like Lake Mungo and Badu Island shows this ancient life on the Australian continent and in the Torres Strait.
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c.120 000 Analysis of pollen and charcoal at Lake George (NSW) suggests people living there
c. 38 000 Humans reached south-west WA and camped on upper Swan River near Perth
c. 50 000 Humans in Arnhem Land (NT) using ochre
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c. 40 000 Humans in Lake Mungo (NSW)
c. 40 000 The world’s earliest known rock art carved
c. 34 000 Humans around Hunter River (NSW)
on rock outcrop in the Kimberley
18 Jacaranda Humanities Alive 7 Victorian Curriculum Third Edition
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