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The Brewarrina fish traps acted like a pelican's beak, as it 'scoops' fish out of the main stream.

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The fish traps catch fish going downstream and lead them to small bodies of water.

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According to history the Brewarrina fish traps were inspired by the pelican's way of fishing.

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The Brewarrina fish traps, also known as Biame's Ngnnhu, named after the design creator Biame is created by using river stones that lead to tiny ponds where it is easier to catch the fish using spears or their bare hands.

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why did Aboriginal people make Fish traps

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Teller the well known minesite and company town that is in the Pilbara religion of Western Australia,within the Great sandy dessert in Victoria (a volcanocanic stone huts came

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Tae Rak Aquaculture Centre, Vaughans Rd, Breakaway Creek VIC

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Tae Rak Aquaculture Centre, Vaughans Rd, Breakaway Creek VIC

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Tae Rak Aquaculture Centre, Vaughans Rd, Breakaway Creek VIC

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Lake Condah is one of the oldest agriculture systems in the world. Australia's aboriginal fish traps are known for more than 40 000 years.

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"The dreaming of the Aboriginal houses at night."

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THE ORIGIN OF Great Sandy Desert, Telfer WA:

Telfer is a mining site and a company town in the Pillbara region of Western Australia, within the Great Sandy Dessert.

About Aboriginal Housing:

In Victoria, it was edvident that, volcanic stone huts came and plced a thousand of years back!!!!!!

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Great sandy dessert in a night sky in aboriginal painting with shooting stars

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Today more than half of all Aboriginals live in towns, often on the borders in terrible conditions. Many, particularly in the northern half of the continent, have managed to grip on to their land and still hunt and gather food from the bushes.

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the purpose of fire stick farming is to manage enviroment and along with making new seeds

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the stone axe is the oldest aborigional wepoan as it was discoverd between 45,000 to 49,000 years ago

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a spear is a weopean with a stick and a pointed sharp stone head. the head is usually sharpended alot to ensure sharpness.

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Aboriginals are very smart and they have lots of tactics. One of them is hiding in the bushes, they wait for the enemies to walk past then they ambush them.

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Digging sticks were usually used by women, these were used to dig up roots, grubs and even burrowing animals. They were made with heavy wood with a colour of dark brown.

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Water Tunnels

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Weirs and fish traps:

Aboriginal people demonstrated a sophisticated understanding of engineering, physics and aquaculture in the design of elaborate stone fish traps in NSW, and the 100 sq.km eel farm at Lake Condah in Victoria. They made these fish farms by creating complex systems of canals, linked weirs and ponds out of river stones. Lake Condah shows evidence of a very large, settled community that harvested and smoked eels to trade. Some of Australia’s Aboriginal fish traps are thought to be up to 40,000 years old. They may be some of the oldest surviving human-made structures in the world.

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It is thought that in earlier times backed blades were used as barbs on death spears, evidence for which is the large numbers of backed blades that have been found, the large numbers suggesting they were used for something other than spear points, with so many being used on death spears this could account for the high numbers found.

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A Woomera is a tool used to throw a spear 3 times faster than normal. It was invented in South Western Australia, and it's said that with enough force it can skewer the trunk of a fully grown eucalyptus tree.

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Northern territory is the most common place where aboriginals do fire stick farming

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One of the oldest weapons in Aboriginal is a stone axe as it helps in many different ways like cutting down trees. Aboriginal people used axes remove tree bark for canoes and shelters, butcher larger animals and undertake many other tasks. They also used axes as weapons, ceremonial objects and valuable trade items. Many axes come from a large greenstone quarry at Mount William, near Lancefield.

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Firestick farming can be an effective tool as it can maintain biodiversity, improve soil health and more.

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Firestick farming | Life on earth and in the universe | Cosmology & Astronomy | Khan Academy

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symbol of water in aboriginal symbolism

source-artyfactory.com/google

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This the Brewarrina Fish Traps which is located in the Barwon River which is in the outskirts of Brewarrina 

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The Club:

It is a deadly weapon that the Aboriginal use for fighting and hunting. It has one bulb at an end and a handle at the other. It is also known as the 'Boondi'.

(Southeastern Australia)

Grinding stone:

It is used to grind seeds to make them into flour or even to grind ochre (A dark red colour). It looks like most modern grinding tools but is made out of stone.

(Southeastern Australia)

Jewelry:

You may not know it, but the Aboriginal people also wore jewelry. Their jewelry is made out of feathers, echidna spines, and even kangaroo teeth mixed with seeds.

(Tasmania)

Sources:

(Deadlystory.com)

By Adi and Kanish

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Thermoplastic resins:

Aboriginal people made a powerful thermoplastic resin from porcupine grass and grass trees. They beat the resin out of the grass, then cleaned it and heated it over fire to create a sticky black substance. The resulting resin hardened as it cooled and was strong enough to bind rock to wood. This resin was used to create tools such as spears, woomeras and axes

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Aboriginals created many things out of wood and stone such as didgeridoos, boomerangs and the woomera. These are all things that aboriginals used in everyday life.

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The green area is the Great Artesian Basin

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Water tunnels are Underground passageways used to transport water to areas with large populations or agriculture. The Great Artesian Basin is where most Australian Water Tunnels Are.

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What is the purpose of firestick farming?

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What is the purpose of firestick farming?

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The purpose of firestick farming is to improve the health of the land and wildlife

during the early, cool seasons.

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The woomera:

The woomera is another uniquely Aboriginal invention that uses leverage to allow a spear to be thrown up to three times further. Witnesses report seeing spears thrown with enough force to skewer the trunk of a full-grown eucalyptus tree! Typically, the woomera was made by shaping a piece of hardwood into a long, thin handle and attaching a stone to the base to hold a spear-end in place.

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A boomerang is a thrown typically constructed with airodynamic sections and designed to spin to the directionen it was thrown

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According to aboriginal history, a human named Biame and his sons, together, they created the design by throwing Biame's net over the river and shaping it. It was inspired by the pelican.

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The Boomerang:

The boomerang’s distinctive sound and remarkable return flight have made it famous worldwide. Other cultures invented throwing sticks with controllable motion and spin, but the boomerang was a purely Aboriginal invention. The angled shape with asymmetrical curves uses one of the most complicated principles of aerodynamics: asymmetrical lift.

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what is the Aboriginal shield called 🛡️ 

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This Indigenous Australian Tool is a wooden spear shaped stick that is used to launch spears, helping them to travel further.The woomera is another uniquely Aboriginal invention that uses leverage to allow a spear to be thrown up to three times further.A spear thrower is also commonly known as a Woomera or Miru. The spear thrower is usually made from mulga wood and has a multi-function purpose.

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The fish traps were inspired by the pelican, with the traps acting like a pelican’s beak to scoop fish out of the water.

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this is a picture of an aboriginal water hole.

source-dreamstime.com/google

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Boomerangs are one of the well known inventions made by the Aborignal and Torres Straight Islanders. Bomerangs are origenated by the Turawal people who lived near botany bay

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Gondwana Rainforest Trust, Burringbar Street, Mullumbimby NSW, Australia

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Gondwana Rainforest Trust, Burringbar Street, Mullumbimby NSW, Australia

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Gondwana Rainforest Trust, Burringbar Street, Mullumbimby NSW, Australia

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Shields used by Aboriginal people were made using wood or bark. Most shields would have a painted design or a carved marking. Did you know if a shield had not lost a battle or war it would be considered to be a prized possession and very powerful.

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127-109 Bathurst St, Brewarrina NSW 2839, Australia

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127-109 Bathurst St, Brewarrina NSW 2839, Australia

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127-109 Bathurst St, Brewarrina NSW 2839, Australia

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How does Firestick farming affect the forest?

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How does Firestick farming affect the forest?

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Firestick farming can have both positive and negative effects on forests, depending on how it is practiced and the specific ecological context.

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A 23,000-year-old mammoth tusk carved in a shape similar to the boomerang was discovered in Poland in 1986.

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Boomerangs are multifunctional instrument used by the aboriginal. Their uses are for warfare, hunting prey, rituals and ceremonies, muscical instruments, digging sticks and also a hammer.

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Spears were an important weapon which had a variety of functions such as range, weight and design. Some use spears for fishing while some others use them for warfare.

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Here in the Darling river, NSW the local aboriginals used fish traps made of dry-stone.

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A spear is a Aborignal wepon that the gardeense only have. It is an wooden stick that they use for fighting or for caughting food.

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First Nations people formed one of the most technologically advanced societies in the world when they first arrived in Australia. The way they adapted to our country’s challenging conditions is a testament to Aussie inventiveness.

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What tools are used to make the Brewarrina Fish Traps

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These inventions and innovations are among the earliest known in the world and helped Aboriginal people survive Australia’s harsh conditions.

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Central and Western Desert people have always made hunting, fighting and ceremonial clubs out of wood. Tjutinypa is the most common type for Anangu. It is a long narrow club often fitted with a quartz cutting edge in the handle. It is mostly used for hunting.

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the northern territory is where the aboriginals commonly did fire stick farming

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The common misconception of indigenous Australians is that they were hunter gatherers which relied on survival. Which they weren't. Aboriginal Australians were farmers and had a unique way of land management. They use fire stick farming to create bush fires to renew the trees in the surrounding areas and plant new saplings. They grew crops such as yams, grains, nuts, fruits, and berries. They hunted dingoes, possums, emus, and cassowaries.

within their territory, they moved from place to place in a cycle so that they could plant seeds in conditions that were better for growing those specific crops than in other conditions.

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One of the most famous Australian invention is the Boomerang. It was used as a weapon for hunting, a musical instrument, started fires and more. The smallest boomerang was less than 10 cm, and the largest was over 180cm.

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Why did firestick farming discontinue until the 21st century?

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Why did firestick farming discontinue until the 21st century?

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Europeans took control of Aboriginal lands, moving Indigenous communities and interrupting their traditional practices. They often misunderstood the purpose of firestick farming and saw it as a destructive practice.

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Aboriginal people were good hunters and gatherers who did not live in one place. They move around their land/country to search for food.

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Indigeneius Australians formed many useful inventions,they used natural resoures around them

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The Indigenous Australians had a rich and varied history of warfare and conflict, long before the arrival of European settlers.

Although there was no unified Indigenous military force, many Indigenous communities had a strong tradition of warfare and developed unique weapons and battle techniques.

Here are some of the most significant weapons and battle techniques of Indigenous Australians.

Spears

Spears were a commonly used weapon among many Indigenous Australian people, and they varied in length, weight, and design.

Some communities used light and agile spears for hunting and fishing, while others used heavier spears for warfare.

The Indigenous Australians were skilled at throwing spears, and they could be thrown with great accuracy and force.

Boomerangs were not only used for hunting and recreation but also as a weapon in warfare.

The Indigenous Australians had two types of boomerangs: the returning boomerang and the non-returning boomerang.

The returning boomerang was used as a distraction or to disarm an opponent, while the non-returning boomerang was used for striking an enemy.

Shields

Shields were an essential part of Indigenous Australian warfare and were used to deflect spears, boomerangs, and other projectiles.

The shields varied in size and shape depending on the community, and some were adorned with intricate designs.

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Contemporary Aboriginal art is considered to start at the desert community of Papunya in 1971, when senior desert men began to paint their cultural stories using modern materials.

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In Central Australia, a group of Aboriginal people called the Karajarri tribe invented this method of farming. Basically, what you have to do is, you have to go through the grasslands you intend to burn down., while holding firesticks in hand, setting alight the vegetation.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=-meDcXoIhjE

Watch until 48 secs.

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Cultural burning used for fire management on Walbanga country | ABC Australia

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They used Boomerangs to for long range weapons as they rarely used bow and arrows they hunted kangaroos with it.The bigger the kangaroo the bigger the Boomerang.

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First nations people, used dream time stories to explain their beliefs and theories about underground water systems. ;)

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Is the Brewarrina Fish Traps the oldest fish traps in Australia?

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During aborigional times the bow and arrow were being used in every inhabited part of the world except Australia.

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Aboriginal people were clever with making tools and weapons. Clubs ranged from heavy to light, light to throw, heavy for fighting.

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How long has firestick farming been practiced by Aboriginal Australians?

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How long has firestick farming been practiced by Aboriginal Australians?

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Firestick farming has been practiced by Aboriginal Australians for thousands of years. Evidence suggests that this practice began at least 11,000 years ago, LONG before European settlement.

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Since 70% of Australia is dessert/arid land , aboriginal people required extensive knowledge of underground water systems.

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In the traditional desert,Aboriginal and torres strait islander people did fire stick farming there thousands of years ago.It involved the controlled use of fire to shape and maintain ecosystems

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the shields are made from bold wood from mulga trees in Australia.

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What is the traditional name of Brewarrina Fish traps?

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A boomerang is a thrown tool constructed (made) with airfoil sections and designed to spin about an axis perpendicular to the direction of its flight.

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Aboriginals used spears to hunt down large animals like a marsupium lion or a boar. they never adapted the bow and arrow

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Firestick farming is a traditional land management practice used by Aboriginal Australians for thousands of years. It involves the controlled use of fire to shape and maintain ecosystems.