LESSON 2.9 How was land managed?
LEARNING INTENTION By the end of this lesson you should be able to explain the importance of Deep Time Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander land management, farming and fishing practices.
Tune in Think about a natural environment you know. Describe the plants, animals, landscape and climate. What challenges would you face living there? How would your life change, and what would you need to do to survive?
SOURCE1 Joseph Lycett, an artist from the early 1800s, painted scenes of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander life. His paintings show people using fire to catch animals and make grasslands. Early European explorers often saw open land with scattered trees, like a park. This ‘firestick farming’ shaped the land Europeans settled in 1788.
Lookat SOURCE1 . 1. Describe the plants, animals and landscape. 2. What do you think the climate was like? 3. What evidence from this nineteenth-century painting shows how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples managed the land? Why would they have needed to manage it?
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The influence of the environment on ancient Australian
communities As the landscape and climate of Ancient Australia kept changing, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities had to create different ways to hunt, gather and manage their land. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples are known for their deep knowledge of managing the land and resources. They had homes but moved between their camps when the seasons changed. They did this by understanding the climate, sea life, plants and animals. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples hunted and gathered food in a way that didn’t use up all the resources, so there would be enough for the future.
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