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Student book questions
8.1 Ancient Australia: a timeline
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Check your learning 8.1
Remember and understand
1 How long do historians believe there have been people living in Australia?
2 When was Tasmania cut off from the mainland?
3 What impact did the last ice age have on where people lived in Australia?
Apply and analyse
4 Do you think cultures became different when Tasmania or the Torres Strait Islands were cut off from
the mainland? Why?
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Evaluate and create
5 Examine the painting of Captain Cook’s landing at Botany Bay. This work was created in 1899 by a
European painter who did not know much about Aboriginal culture.
a What does the painting show?
b How realistic do you think it is? Explain your answer.