Friday, 21 April 2023Mr Daly

Today

WALT: Explain the origins of the Australian continent from an Aboriginal and geographical perspective

The origins of the continent:– Aboriginal perspective– Geographical perspective

WALT (What are we learning today?)

Friday, 21 April 2023Mr Daly

A Pass = A Prize

Australia is a Continent

Australia is found in the Southern Hemisphere

Australia is the worlds largest Island

Australia is very flat, with only one large mountain range

Australia has a low population

Australia is about the same size as the United States of America

The Tropic of Capricorn divides Australia into two climates

The super-continent which existed 200 million years ago is called Pangaea

True or False

Geographical Origins of Australia

Friday, 21 April 2023Mr Daly

Aboriginal perspective

The Dreaming

The Aboriginal people made sense of the world through the stories of the Dreamtime, which were about a time referred to as the Dreaming.

Each Aboriginal community had its own unique Dreamtime stories that had been nurtured and faithfully passed down to succeeding generations for thousands of years.

Activity

From the video, make your own Dreamtime story about how Australia was created. Draw it in a story board. You can copy the video.

The giant snake carved out the Earth The ancient sprits created the stars

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The Rainbow Serpent Story• The Rainbow Serpent was the mother to us all

• She woke one day and as she travelled around the Earth

• She carved out the mountains and rivers

• She called out to all living creatures to populate the land

• She told the humans to be protectors of the land

• She told the tribes to pass this knowledge onto their children

• Anyone who breaks the laws will be taken by the Great Mother Serpent

Two Dreamtime Stories

Geographical Origins of Australia

Friday, 21 April 2023Mr Daly

Geographical perspective

Plate Tectonics

The studying of the movement, folding and faulting of the Earth’s crust

Continental Drift

The studying of the gradual movement and formation of continents.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEDUtS0IMws

https://maps.google.com.au/

Geographical Origins of Australia

Friday, 21 April 2023Mr Daly

An old, flat continent

Australia has been described as old and flat. This is because the Australian continent has experienced a long period of geological stability, which means there has not been much volcanic or tectonic activity in the recent past.

As a result, Australia has been open to the forces of weathering and erosion, which are processes that break apart and move rocks and soil around.

In the distant past, however, there were volcanic eruptions and earthquakes that helped shape the face of Australia