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The history of Australia

  • 60,000 BCE

    Aboriginals leave Africa

  • Period: 60,000 BCE to

    Aboriginals teach traditional dances

  • 50,000 BCE

    Mungo man walks the earth

    Mungo man walks the earth
    6ft giant of the time
  • 49,000 BCE

    A hollowed out rock shelter is made in Adnyamathanha country

    A hollowed out rock shelter is made in Adnyamathanha country
    40,000 years before Stonehenge
  • Period: 45,000 BCE to 30,000 BCE

    Artifacts made

  • 40,000 BCE

    Oldest painting

  • 35,000 BCE

    Aboriginals make tools

    Much smarter than hunter and gatherers
  • 35,000 BCE

    The sea level is 70m lower than modern day

    Wow!
  • Period: 35,000 BCE to 25,000 BCE

    Intricate rock paintings

  • 30,000 BCE

    Aboriginals invent trade

  • British arrive

    British arrive
    Start of 200+ years of suffering for the aboriginals
  • Period: to

    Australia from Federation to now

  • End of the Stolen Generation

    After 60 years of white Australians removing half-caste Indigenous children from their familes, the Stolen Generation era comes to an end.
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