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Australian Aboriginals - Coggle Diagram
Australian Aboriginals
Location
Relative Location
Mainland Australia
Absolute Location
31.2532° S, 146.9211° E,
New South Wales
Place
Human Characteristics
Temporary shelters
Spears
Dugout Canoes
Made from hollowed tree
Boomerangs
Effect on Point of View & Bias
Environment encourages nomadic lifestyle
Have to fend for themselves
Independent mindset
Biased to creating
Impermanent shelter
Boats to help hunt fish
Long ranged weapons to hunt animals
Physical Characteristics
Hot, dry landscape
Mostly Desert
Region
Common Language
290 - 363 Different languages; 28 language groups
Common Religion
The Dreaming/Dreamtime
Believe ancestors turned into geological features
Polytheistic
Animistic
Large amount of people converted after British occupation
Christianity
Effect on Point of View & Bias
Farsighted point of view
Accounts for future generations
Highly value the land
Common Religion creates connection/sense of unity between different tribes
Different languages let tribes maintain sense of individuality
Human-Environment Interaction
Effect on Point of View & Bias
Independent Mindset
Have to find Food without help
Hunted Animals
Crawfish
Fish (Murray Cod)
Kangaroos
Emus
Bogong Moths
Scavenged Edible Plants
Fruits
Nuts
Wattle seeds
Orchid Tubers
Yam Daises
Movement
Mostly on-foot travel
Effect on Point of View & Bias
History of past(of last generation & way before) passed down from stories
Religious activities focus on telling tales/fables
Leads to respect of elders, who know many stories, believing in their wisdom
Word of mouth