Retelling the Aboriginal people
Retelling the Aboriginal people
1. The formation of the continent
Australia, a continent of geographic and biological diversity (mitmekesisus), has an amazing
range of animal and plant life, as well as one of the world's oldest ethnic groups. After the last
Ice age, when sea rose considerably (märkimisväärselt kasvanud), Australia and its largest
island Tasmania, became isolated form the rest of Asia.
2. The earliest inhabitants
The earliest humans living in Australia are called Aborigines and they are descended
(pärinevad) from among the earliest humans in the world. For thousands of years Aborigines
lived as hunter-gatherers along the coast and in the inland desert areas, following the same
lifestyle as their ancestors.
3. Finding food and water
Aboriginal tribes obtained water from trees and roots and even squeezed water out of the
bodies of frogs. Women collected anything that grew or moved,...