The Aboriginal religion is based on dreaming, they believe in Dreamtime. They say that at the beginning of time the world was a shapeless mass of nothing, waiting to be transformed into that what we see today. Aborigines believe that they are constantly living in the Dreaming and that every time they do something they leave an impression on the other reality that is the Dreaming. Aboriginal people were social beings as they lived together in groups. Their camps were comprised of number of gunyas or bark huts but people also lived in caves and in the open air. Some camps consisted of 10 people, some even more than 400 people. When children were born they were taught how to cope with the material and non- material elements of the world. There was a great emphasis on religion; all the children were taught the rhythms of dances in preparation for later participation in sacred and non- sacred rituals. Shortly after a child could walk he began to handle small spears, followed
However the people respected these aspects of their land and were environmentalists in the sense of 'taking care' of the land through their practices of performing increase ceremonies, 8 singing 'Song lines' and relationships with flora and fauna through a system of totemic relationships. Aboriginal people were social beings as they lived and gathered together in family groups . Their camps were comprised of a number of gunyas (bark huts), but the people also lived in caves or in the open air. Some camps were comprised of as few as 6 to 10 people while in others there were up to 400 people. No doubt the availability of food was a factor in the size of a camp. The Elder or Elders gunyah (hut) were situated in the centre of the camp and others spanned out in circles around the central hut. However, the people often slept in the open and in caves, so it is likely that the Elder
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