How long ago was there evidence of long-distance trading?
10,000 years ago
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When did Prime Minister Kevin Rudd issue a formal apology? Name the month and the year.
In February, 2008.
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Name two things that happened because of the laws to care and protect the Aboriginal peoples in the late 1800s.
They were put into reserves and given food and clothing to wait for their cultural extinction. It resulted in much greater restriction and control.
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What does the term, "to smooth the dying pillow" refer to?
The Aboriginals awaited, what the Europeans took to be, cultural extinction.
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Who are the Stolen Generations?
(Mixed) children who were stolen from their families and treated poorly.
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What is 26 January called in Australia?
Australia Day
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Explain this sentence: " In breaking this circle of life white people hoped to end Aboriginal culture within a short time and get rid of what they called 'the Aboriginal problem'."
In removing their children, white people stole Aboriginal people's language, tradition, knowledge, dances and spirituality which could only live if passed on.
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What happened during "the killing times"?
A large number of Aboriginals were killed in massacres of war up to the 1880s.
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When did the white European's froentier mentaly end?
In the 1960s.
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When and how did Tasmania become and island?
Tasmania became an island when sea levels rose sometime between 13,500 and 8,000 years ago, thus isolating Aboriginal people who lived there from the mainland.
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How were they able to migrate to Australia?
The first settlement would have occurred during an era of lowered sea levels, when there were land bridges between Asia and Australia.
