Ancient Australia ( Ryan )

  In Ancient Australia, the first people to live in Australia arrived between 42,000 and 48,000 years ago. They came from Asia and had dark skin and black hair. Most of them were hunters and nomadic. this meant they moved from place to place and didnt live at a certain city There awere two main types of people living in Australia - the Aborigines and the Torres Strait Islanders. Together they are callled Indigenous Australians. The Torres Strait Islanders lived in north-east and the Aborigines lived everwhere other then that.  They lived in separate tribes and each tribe had its own language and taditions. They also knew that families were very important. The Indigenous Australians believed that everything hd come from Dreamtime and that the Earth was sacred. They believed that spirits had made the world. they practiced their religon in the form of corroborees, these were important dances and songs about their religon. They worshipped many kinds of gods. The Aboriginal people did not know writing but they painted pictures on rocks and back. They used paint from crushed rocks similar to how the POW's of Singapore got paint. Their art is famous for using dots and handprints