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67,981 BCE
Mungo man and his Ancestors were first modern man to leave Africa 70,000 years ago(2019)
Mungo man is the oldest human found outside of Africa, who was discovered on April 1974. Mungo man is 42,000 years old and was studied at Australian National University. Mungo man was buried in a ceremonial way which indicated he might've been a chief or head of the tribe. After being studied about, he was said to be approximately 40 years old and just under 6 feet tall.
When they were travelling they met the sea and made the first human open ocean crossing, which today we call a boat. -
57,981 BCE
Aboriginal Paintings started from 40-60,000 years ago
Aboriginals paint lots of pictures and stories inspired from their religion, the Dreamtime. To paint these, they use earth colours because they use the ochre from the ground to paint. Some examples of this are paintings of The Creation Mother named Yingana. Yingana is from the far North. She gives different babies different languages and tribes. Another example of aboriginal painting is the painting of the Genyornis which is evidence these birds existed.The date set is 60,000 yrs ago -
57,981 BCE
Aboriginal people were living in Arnhem Land 50,000/60,000 years ago(2019)
Arnhem Land is a vast wild area in the northeast of The Northern Territory. Arnhem land has 100,000 square kilometres of aboriginal owned land and depicts a vibrant aboriginal culture.
The date is somewhere between 47981 BC-67981 BC
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47,981 BCE
Earliest Evidence of Human Occupation was over 50,000 years ago
Australia’s earliest known site of human occupation of the Australian coast has been discovered in a remote cave in Western Australia.
The date isn't exact but it is before 47981 BC
The age of these artifacts is around 10 times the age of pyramids in Egypt.
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47,981 BCE
Trade Economy and Bartering Started 30,000-50,000 years ago
Aboriginal trading and bartering has developed and existed for many tens of thousands of years in Australia long before British colonisation.
Date Apporximately: 27981 BC-47981 BC -
45,981 BCE
Aboriginals lived in The Sacred Gabarnmung Cave 48,000 years ago
This cave rock shelter is called The Sacred Gabarnmung Cave in Australia. 10s of thousands of years ago this cave rock shelter was hollowed out. To hollow it out they removed pillar after pillar. This was done 40,000 years before Stone Henge.
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37,981 BCE
Genyornis' were Extinct 40,000 years ago
Genyornis' are large flightless birds that are around 5 times the size of emus. A painting found of a Genyornis is probably one of the oldest paintings ever made.
Another ancient animal is a large reptile named a Megalania Prisca. These huge reptiles were one of the largest predators back then. The youngest fossil found of a megalania is around 50,000 years old.
This information was gathered from First Footprints. -
37,981 BCE
The Rock Bruce Pascoe found was carved 30,000-40,000 years ago
In the first footprints video Bruce Pasoce finds a rock on his property and explains what was used to carve it and what the rock was used for. I think that he is very talented to know about all the types of materials and able to identify the tools used just by looking at it.
The date is not exact but it is said to be somewhere between 27981 BC-37981 BC
All information is gathered from First Footprint.
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32,981 BCE
Sea Level was 70 metres lower 35,000 years ago
35,000 years ago the sea level was 70 metres lower than it is now. Back then, our ancestors lived inn a totally different environment to the one we live in now. -
32,981 BCE
Intricate Rock Carvings 25,000-35,000 years ago
Lots of these aboriginal rock carvings can be found at Murujuga(also known as Burrup Peninsula). Murujuga is a national park in Western Australia(WA)
Other forms of rock carvings are indigenous maps which are said to be one of the earliest maps in the world.
The date is approximately between: 22981 BC- 32981 BC -
The Start Of the Industrial Revolution was 259 years ago(2019)
The Industrial Revolution started in Britain in the 18th century. The industrial revolution is the time period when many machines were invented and replaced many jobs. Since many people lost their jobs, they struggled with money and had to steal things to survive. As a result of this, the prisons became overcrowded. If prisons were too crowded, there would be a likely spread of disease so they used old war ships called Hulks to contain the prisoners. -
The First Fleet Arrival was 222 years ago
The cause of the first fleet arriving in Australia was the Industrial Revolution. The cause of so many crimes overcrowded prisons which would result in disease. At that time there was the Bubonic Plague so most people were extremely afraid of disease spreading. Since they couldn't keep all the convicts in Britain they had to send some to Australia to keep from overcrowding prisons. -
The Start of The Stolen Generations
During the time between 1910 and 1970, more than 10,000 indigenous children were forcibly taken from their homes. The children who were stolen were called "half-caste"(now considered an extremely derogatory term) because one parent was "white". These children were forced to do everything that was told to them and had to neglect their culture and people. Many of the stolen generations suffered depression and trauma from their past events. -
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The Stolen Generation
During the time between 1910 and 1970, more than 10,000 indigenous children were forcibly taken from their homes. The children who were stolen were called "half-caste"(now considered an extremely derogatory term) because one parent was "white". These children were forced to do everything that was told to them and had to neglect their culture and people. Many of the stolen generations suffered depression and trauma from their past events.
