Ancient Australia Timeline - Year 7 Humanities

CE means...

• Common Era - the era we are living in now

• Common Era - the time before Year 0

• Before the Present (also called BP)

Based on the timeline, how long do historians believe people have inhabited Australia?

• around 30,000 years

• more than 60,000 years

• around 20,000 years

• around 28,000 years

What happened around 26,000 years ago?

• Humans arrived in Australia.

• Rock art was made in Narwala Gabarnmung.

• Tasmania was cut off from the mainland.

Axe heads, tools and other _________ found near Warrnambool suggest an Indigenous presence there from circa 28,000 years ago.

Tools made of bone suggest Aboriginal people were working with ______ _____ from circa 400CE.

What impact did the last Ice Age have on where people lived in Australia?

• It cut Tasmania off from the mainland.

• It made all of Australia too cold to inhabit.

• It made parts of Australia too cold to inhabit.

• Port Phillip Bay flooded.

The first Europeans to have contact with Aboriginal Australians were...

• Dutch and English

• English

• Dutch and Spanish

• French and Dutch

When did ice caps melt and sea levels rise?

• c.18,000

• c6,000

• c.14,000

• c.11,000

In c.18,000, the c stands for...

• civilisation

• chronology

• capital

• circa

The word 'Nation' refers to...

• The Wurundjeri people

• A group of Aboriginal peoples from different language ands cultural groups.

• A group of Aboriginal peoples. They may be from the same or different language groups.