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Aboriginal Background Knowledge

History

Question: Aboriginal people have existed in Australia for how many years?            A) 4,500    B) 36,000    C) 2,000      D) 60,000
Answer: D) 60,000

Question: British colonists called the land of Australia 'terra nullius'. What does 'terra nullius' mean?  
Answer: Land belonging to no one.

Question: What was the 'Stolen Generation'?
Answer: Children that were forcibly taken from their homes and parents to be raised with 'white' culture.  

Question: What is the name of the female Aboriginal Olympic gold medalist from the Sydney 2000 Olympic games?
Answer: Cathy Freeman.

Question: When was the first national Sorry Day?
Answer: 26 May 1997

Geography

Question: How many Aboriginal tribes are there approximately?
Answer: About 500.

Question: Where are the Murri people from?
Answer: Southern Queensland.

Question: Where are the Nyoongar people from?
Answer: Western Australia

Question: Aboriginal people believe that what kind of rainbow animal created the features of the land we see (rivers, mountains, etc.)?
Answer: The Rainbow Serpent

Question: What are songlines?
Answer: Paths of the 'creator-beings' in the land.

Food

Question: What is a witchetty grub?
Answer: A large white grub that Aboriginal people sometimes eat.

Question: What is a Lilly Pilly?
Answer: A bush berry.

Question: Do Aboriginal people eat Honey Ants? 
Answer: Yes.

Question: True or False: Banksia nectar is edible.
Answer: True. 

Question: True or False: Aboriginal people consider sharks to be sacred and do not eat them.
Answer: False. They sometimes eat shark when the 'calendar plants' are in bloom.

Culture

Question: What is the name of the traditional dance ceremony performed at sacred rituals?
Answer: Corroboree.  

Question: What is a smoking ceremony for?
Answer: It is a cleansing ritual for special ceremonies.

Question: What happens on a 'walkabout'?
Answer: An Aboriginal boy would go live alone in the bush for a period of time.

Question: True or False: Traditionally the didgeridoo was played by men and women.
Answer: False. Traditionally only men played the didgeridoo. 

Question: Who is Albert Namatjira? 
Answer: A famous Aboriginal painter.

Animals

Question: What is a brolga?
Answer: A bird.

Question: What is the English name given to a 'wirambi'?
Answer: Bat.

Question: Name an Australian marsupial that lives in trees.
Answer: Koala.

Question: What is a 'burra'?
Answer: An eel.

Question: What is a 'guru win'?
Answer: A grey nurse shark.