This is my indigenous project of aboriginal people of Australia.I did this during quarter 2 Social Studies. Grade 4 Pudong Campus

1. By:Andrew
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2. Aborigines
By:Andrew
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3. Contents
1 9
Religion/beliefs work
wild life currency/money
2 10
11 art
recreation
3
4 history
live 12
5 13
trade Location
6 language 14 geography
food literature
7 15
8 16
education Clothing
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4. Food
The Aborigines eat grubs,caterpillars,and
moths,these bugs were important source of
food for many groups. Some like to cook
over the fire,they get these bugs from
mangrove trees. Some of the Australians
still eat these bugs.
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5. Artwork
The Aborigines also do paintings too,but they
do special kinds of paintings, they paint on
rocks,bark,sacred objects or the ground it’s
really amazing that they do little dots for a big
painting and the designs are made out of
swirls,dots,lines,and circles. Each paintings
have meanings,the Aborigines only use earthy
colors like brown,green,or red.
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6. Language
Before the 1800s,at least 250 natives were
spoken in australia,but after the Europeans
arrived a lot of languages were forgotten,there
are aboriginal people that mainly speak
English,but still some people still speak and
learn their traditional languages.
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7. Education
In Australia eduction took place at outdoors
parents taught kids how to fish,trade,make
clothes,build houses,and how to hunt,but in
1800-1970s the aboriginal kids had to go to
European schools and they had English class
indoors and a lot of traditional knowledge
was lost.
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8. The Aborigines trade stuff like stuff from far
far away,the Torres Strait Islanders trade
canoes,Spears,drums,shells,feathers,and
fruits,or even feathers! People live in mainland
Australia trade objects like
ocher,weapons,shells,plants,containers,and
animal skins cloaks. They carried trade items
to miles away and passed them from groups to
groups.
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9. Living
There are people called the KuKu-Yalanji
people of Queensland built a dome shaped
house’s that were made out of thin branches
and saplings. While some other people in
Australia make house with bark with flat or
peaked roofs.
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10. Wild Life
In Australia there are some unusual animals
thats what also makes Australia special,did
you know there are only four types of
mammals that live in Australia they are the
Platypus,Echidna,Kangaroos,and Koalas.
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11. Religions
Aboriginal people believe that there spirits of
there ancestors created the world,Aboriginal
people dreaming stories about the world
started all dark then a dreaming spirit made
land living creatures such as animals and
sometimes the dreaming spirit took form of
stars,rain,wind,or even animals! The other
stories tell about sacred places or items or
objects that they should respect.
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12. Songs & Dance
Music is every part of aboriginal life.
Aboriginal dances help in
birth,healing,comfort,and even help the spirits
of the dead depart!People preformed dances
and ceremonies to trade goods.Aboriginal
people uses music to teach lessons,tell
stories,preform ceremonies,and record history.
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13. Extras
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14. Bibliography
The Aboriginal people of Australia :2002;Anne Bartlett Times media private Limited page
9,23,27,29,33,35,37,39,and 41
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15. Thanks For Watching
By Andrew Chien
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