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What was life like in Australia before European settlement?
They lived in small communities and survived by hunting and gathering. The men would hunt large animals for food and women and children would collect fruit, plants and berries. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island communities only used the land for things that they needed – shelter, water, food, weapons.
What was the life expectancy of Aboriginal people before Colonisation?
Canadian Aboriginal people lived an average of 72.8 years, Maoris 71.1 years.
What was unusual about the first European settlers in Australia?
What was unusual about the first European settlers in Australia? They were convicted criminals sent to a penal colony.
Where did Aboriginal people live before European settlement?
Aboriginal people lived in all parts of Australia before European settlement in 1788, in very different environments. We know that they learned how to use the environment wherever they were – in jungle, or desert, or river valleys, on coasts, or grasslands, or swamps.
What did the Aboriginal people do to survive?
They lived in small communities and survived by hunting and gathering. The men would hunt large animals for food and women and children would collect fruit, plants and berries. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island communities only used the land for things that they needed – shelter, water, food, weapons.
How long have indigenous people lived in Australia?
CBHS Year 5 History. Before European people arrived in Australia in 1788, there were many different Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities living on the land. It is believed that indigenous people have lived here for over 40 000 years!
What was the first contact with the Aboriginal people?
First contacts were relatively peaceful but Aboriginal people and their culture were as unfamiliar to Europeans, initially, as the landscape, flora and fauna of the new land.