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Student book questions
7.5 Studying ancient Australia
Pages 232235
Check your learning 7.5
Remember and understand
1 How have modern Australians been able to gather evidence and information about how ancient
Indigenous Australians lived?
2 What types of primary sources exist from Australia’s ancient past?
3 What can rock paintings tell us about the beliefs of ancient Australians? What are the key features of
the Wandjina figures shown in Source 2?
Apply and analyse
4 How do you think the oral traditions of Indigenous Australians were affected by the arrival of Europens
in 1788?
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5 What are middens and why are they used by historians?
Evaluate and create
6 Conduct some additional research about Mungo Lady and Mungo Man.
a What other theories have historians developed about the daily lives of these people?
b Is there any evidence to suggest why Mungo Man’s teeth were so damaged at the time he died?
c Where are the remains of Mungo Lady and Mungo Man located today?