Indigenous Culture

To Aboriginal people land means

• A block of land to live on.

• A place to sell and make money from.

• A place with a deep spiritual connection.

• Somewhere to call home.

What is the primary feeling which 'land' creates in indigenous people?

• Sadness

• Peace

• Satisfaction

• Sense of belonging

Traditionally Aboriginal people lived

• on river banks to catch fish.

• on hills to be safe.

• a nomadic (roaming) lifestyle following the seasons and food.

• wherever they were asked to.

Which of the following is NOT a symbol of indigenous /Torres Strait Islander cultures?

• shield

• firestick

• turtle spear

• boomerang

Aboriginal culture is communicated in

• Old books written by Aboriginal elders.

• Stories told through song and dance.

• Stories recorded in studios.

• Drawings carved on cave walls.

Indigenous cultural connection to their ancestry used to be experienced through

• Writing it on the ground.

• Painting.

• Singing and dancing in a corroboree.

• Storytelling around a fire.

Before the white settlers came to Australia, indigenous people

• Roamed the land freely, settling down wherever they wished and moving on when the food ran out in that region.(Nomadic lifestyle)

• Settled in a region they liked and built a home and lived there permanently.

• Lived in

The most popular song that gave voice to the indigenous people's demand for their own land was

• From Little Things Big Things Grow

• They Took The Children Away

• Treaty

• My Island Home

The most popular song which expressed the pain of the stolen generation was

• Treaty

• From Little Things Big Things Grow

• Change The Game

• Took The Children Away

The most important responsibility of an indigenous person is considered to be

• Looking after their houses

• Caring for their land

• Singing for their land

• Telling stories about their land