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Aboriginal History in Australia

By Chuzzwoz
  • Madjedbebe tools
    65,000 BCE

    Madjedbebe tools

    Tools (stone axes and ocre deposits) found to date back 65000 years ago in Northern Australia
  • Grinding stone
    36,000 BCE

    Grinding stone

    Grain for grinding into bread suggesting world's first bakers
  • Oldest known rock painting
    28,000 BCE

    Oldest known rock painting

    The oldest known rock painting in the world
  • Oldest stone foundations of a house
    7000 BCE

    Oldest stone foundations of a house

    Oldest stone foundations of a house found in Australia
  • Oldest known bark painting
    1900 BCE

    Oldest known bark painting

  • British Colonisation

    British Colonisation

    1788 - The First fleet arrives in Sydney