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In 1770, Captain James Cook claimed Australia for Britain. He told the King that no one lived there - that wasn't true, but in Britain you can only claim property if you have a house there. Of course, the Aboriginals only had huts; so this resulted in a BIG misunderstanding.

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Before British colonisation at Australia, the I ndigenous people had a simple life.

Hunting:
Only the men can hunt - they use tools such as hunting spears, (made from Tecoma vine) spear throwers (known as a Woomera or Miru) and boomerangs.

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If you're an Indigenous Person, it depends on what your totem is by knowing where your mother was when she first felt you move inside her stomach.
A totem can be a natural object, a plant or an animal.
Your totem is your symbol - you're not allowed to kill that animal or plant.

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Shelter was made with bark and branches. Also known as humpy, gunyah or wurly, shelters were made by lashing and bending cane into a dome shape.

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The Aboriginals ate nuts, roots, fruits, grasses, vegetables and seeds. They also ate meat such as kangaroos, porcupine, emus, possums, goannas, turtles, shellfish and fish.

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Boats and boating--Equipment and supplies

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Aboriginals used particular birds and animals to find water sources. Artworks on trees pointed out the way to water sources that were difficult to find. Aboriginals protected important and sacred water sources. Aboriginals connected seas, lagoons, lakes and rivers to their culture and stories. They also cut up tree roots to access the water stored inside. By Samuel

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On the 13th of May 1787, 11 ships set sail from Portsmouth in England, with Captain Arthur Philip in charge of the First Fleet. The point of going to Australia was for Britain to build new colonies - the jails were too full to fit any more convicts because people had to steal to survive because England's laws were harsh.

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Diseases were brought in to Australia by convicts, animals and bugs, but most of them were brought in by the convicts. There was Scarlet fever, Typhus and smallpox. The Aboriginals had never experienced these diseases before, so they didn't have medicine which could fight the  lead to most of the Aboriginals dying out.

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It's time to test your knowledge on the Aboriginals and British!

https://create.kahoot.it/details/british-colonisation/65001eaf-6218-4b2b-8d67-b66fe7290eb3