Ancient Australian History

What is the out of Africa Theory?

• The next big fashion trend will come from Africa.

• It is an evolution theory.

• It is a theory about bird migration from Africa to Europe.

• All modern humans are ultimately descendants from Africans.

When did Mungo Man die?

• 35 thousand years ago

• 50 thousand years ago

• 42 thousand years ago

• 40 thousand years ago

How did Australia first people travel to Australia over 60 thousand years ago?

• Initially they walked via a land bridge when the seas were lower and then island hopped using canoes.

• They have always been in Australia.

• By sailing ship.

• They only traveled by foot.

How do we know Mungo man was an important member of the tribe?

• He was buried with tools.

• His remains were sprinkled with red ochre.

• He was buried with precious jewels

• His bones indicated he didn't do much work.

What covers the Gabarnmung Rock Shelter.

• The shelter is overgrown with moss.

• Indigenous paintings dating back to 35 thousand years.

• Indigenous paintings which dates back to the same time as Stone Hedge.

• Paintings of the human face.

Why were Mungo's man back teeth worn down?

• They were filed as part of a ritual.

• He had a habit of grinding his teeth.

• He would use these teeth to process vegetable fibre to make twine.

• Bad dental hygiene.

Why are the rock carvings at the Burrup Peninsula so special?

• They are over 30 thousand years old and evidence of some of the oldest creations of human faces.

• They are the most simplistic carvings in the world.

• They are evidence of aliens visiting the earth thousands of years old.

• They are extremely old and extremely large.

Mungo Man, Burrup Peninsula Rock Carvings and The Gabarnmung Rock Shelter are evidence that...

• Australian first people have the oldest living culture in the world.

• Shows that the first people had complex spiritual beliefs 10s of thousands of years ago.

• Shows that the first people were using stone-edge tools before Stone Hedge was built.

• All of the above.

How long do the first people believe that they have been in Australia?

• Always been here evolved from ancestral being that came from the earth and the stars.

• Always been here they evolved from various different Australian animals.

• They arrive approximately 60 thousand years ago migrating from Asia.

• They don't know.

In what state is Lake Mungo.

• Queensland

• New South Wales

• South Australia

• Western Australis