SOURCE3 The Torres Strait contains 247 islands and hundreds of cays, reefs and sandbanks. The Murray Islands are the vents of volcanoes flooded by rising sea levels 8000 to 10 000 years ago.
SkillBuilder discussion Communicating 1. What does SOURCE3 show about the geography of the Torres Strait islands? 2. What do you think the challenges would be for the people living on these islands? 3. Why do you think the people living on these islands would have needed to develop strong trade links with other island and mainland peoples?
Did you know? Torres Strait Islander Peoples of each language group traded with their immediate neighbours. The Kaurareg Peoples were the only Torres Strait Islander Peoples trading directly with the Cape York communities. The trade between the two groups took place on tiny Muralug Island, which lay very close to the Cape York coastline. The Kaurareg acted as traders, exchanging goods on behalf of all the other Islanders. The Kaurareg exchanged goods such as finely crafted Muralug Island dugong harpoons and small bamboo items for the spears and ochres from Gudang Peoples of the region now known as Cape York. 2.4 SkillBuilder activity CONTINUITY AND CHANGE The sources in this lesson provide evidence of a changing environment. 1. Look carefully at the sources to gain a clear understanding of what environmental change meant for Deep Time Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. 2. Working in groups, write a simple explanation of how landscape and climate influence the ways people live, who they trade with and what they believe. 3. Using SOURCE1 or 3 as the centrepiece for a poster promoting a documentary on ‘the changing land of Deep Time Australia’ . Write a short description to accompany your image, highlighting the fascinating history this documentary presents.
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Learning pathways LEVEL1 1, 4, 5
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REMEMBER AND UNDERSTAND 1. Prior to European settlement Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples had established more than 250 Countries or communities across the Australian continent. True or False? 2. Complete the following passage. At the end of the ___________ period, changing climate resulted in ________ ________ melting. This meant that the coastline of Australia changed. _________ _________ were flooded by rising sea levels, isolating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ communities in _________ and the _______ _______ ________.
30 Jacaranda Humanities Alive 7 Victorian Curriculum Third Edition
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