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100,000 BCE
The Murray Basin is created!
Earth movements formed the enormous Murray Basin, where the Willandra Lakes are today. -
60,000 BCE
The Lake Mungo is formed!
The Willandra Lakes fill with water from the Lachlan River flowing down Willandra Creek, marking a period of extra water in this part of Australia. A period of full lakes, climate strength and surplussed animals lasts for the next 20,000 years. Lake Mungo is 15 metres deep, with a surface area of about 200 square kilometres.Dunes are watered and firm.Wild vegetables grows on the lunettes and lake surrounds.The Lower Mungo layer is put onto on the Mungo lunette.
First man arrives from south Asia. -
55,000 BCE
The First Human!
The Mungo People came from south-east Asia and became the first actual people in history to arrive in Australia. They soon spread across the continent. They also were the earliest homo sapiens in the entire world. We now know that they are the first ever religious people. -
45,000 BCE
New Artefacts and Megafauna Extinction
Mega fauna soon became extinct after the Mungo tribe hunted them down. The Mungo people began to bury themselves and became artifacts for the future. -
35,000 BCE
An Old Tool
The oldest tool in the world was created by the Mungo people, who crafted many objects to use for hunting, water collecting and many other essential items. -
32,000 BCE
The Murray Basin floods!
Due to the sea, the Murray Basin flooded. -
6500 BCE
The Sea's Retreat!
The sea gradually flows back into its course, leaving the Murray Basin safe...for now. -
Period: 3000 BCE to 1000 BCE
A Little Help!
The sea is moving along, but the Earth stops it and forces Lake Bungunnia to help the Murray Basin. -
700 BCE
The River is Drying!
The Lake Bungunnia barrier is split and the lake is draining.
Dunes form in central Australia and the mallee region of the western Murray Basin. -
Period: 150 BCE to 130 BCE
At Last: Water!
By 150,000 years ago the Willandra Lakes had formed and water filled the basins. Low lunette ridges begin to develop on the eastern margins of the lakes, made from sand blown off beaches. The Golgol layer forms the Mungo lunette. -
Period: 120 BCE to 70 BCE
Another Catastrophe Occurs!
Water levels fall in Willandra Lakes during a relatively dry climatic phase. -
Period: 100 BCE to 1 BCE
Traditional Dancing!
Aboriginal dancing is a traditional culture when people who are in the tribe dance around a steaming fire and sing with a didgeridoo. -
Period: 75 BCE to 60 BCE
A New Age
Ice sheets expand across cooler parts of the globe, causing a fall in sea level. Tasmania and New Guinea become part of the Australian mainland. The ocean gap between mainland Australia and the islands to the north shrinks to 120 kilometres. -
40 BCE
The Salty River
Water levels in Willandra Lakes fall and the lakes become salty.
Clay is blown over older sand lunettes. The Upper Mungo layer is deposited on the Mungo lunette.
People occupied the shores of the lakes for hunting, fishing and burying their dead. -
40 BCE
The Old "Flake"
A rock flake is used after being cut off another rock, which logically would be a larger, useless rock. -
Period: 40 BCE to 22 BCE
A Strange Coincidence
The climate alters for 18,000 years.
Water levels in Willandra Lakes also change, going through several cycles of filling then drying out again.
Sand blows on to the lunettes during lake-full phases, and clay during dry phases. The Arumpo and Lower Zanci layers are deposited on the Mungo lunette.
Vegetation fluctuates along with the climate, with periods of abundance when the lakes are full. -
Period: 30 BCE to 50 BCE
Trade Me!
Trading occurs and goods are swapped for other things you may not have been able to make yourself. -
Period: 25 BCE to 35 BCE
Intricate Paintings Found!
Intricate Paintings are discovered, including a carving of two faces carved into one. -
Period: 22 BCE to 18 BCE
A Brand-New Climate for Australia!
The world approaches a cooler climate and the Mungo tribe follow their food sources to other areas in order to catch them. -
Period: 18 BCE to 12 BCE
The Ice Age Thaws!
The sheet of ice that covered the world begins to thaw. Soon the Mungo tribe only left evidence of their presence. -
12 BCE
The Modern Day is Beginning to Form.
The sea level is now current, the rivers become smaller and the trees grow back onto the shores. -
Period: 10 BCE to 43 BCE
Hollow Shelter!
The hollow shelter, painstakingly dug out, is now being studied by archaeologists, who are probably continuing their research. -
The First Fleet Arrives!
James Cook lands in Botany Bay, which at that time was called Stingray Harbour. -
Period: to
The Australian Gold Rush
The Australian gold rush began with an unusual start, with an unexpected discovery. It soon spread, but it stopped after bush rangers became a problem in 1894. -
Period: to
The Stolen Generation
The Stolen Generation is a period of time when Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders unjustly kidnapped children and forced them to become more like their British settlers. -
ANU Studies Mungo Man Bones!
Mungo Man has been proven to be more than 42,000 years old, is about 6-foot-tall and probably has a good diet. Because of his teeth, we can suspect they had been making tools like fishing nets. He also had teeth evolution, was athletic, preferring his right hand, and most likely was the chief of his tribe. -
Sorry Day
Sorry Day was a chance to apologize to the Indigneous people for everything that was unprejudiced to them.
