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Indigenous Tools, Weapons and Artifacts

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  • The oral histories and creation myths of the Australian Aboriginal people
    Daydream
    Dreamtime
    Nightmares
    Lucid dreams
  • A traditional Indigenous land management practice that involves setting fires to manage and enhance the environment
    Bushfires
    Campfire coals
    Fire stick burning
    Bunsen burners
  • What are these?
    Coolamons
    Water carriers
    Pickle bags
    Dilly bags
  • What are these?
    Bendy sticks
    Come back sticks
    Frisbees
    Boomerangs
  • What are these?
    Grinding stones
    Dinner stones
    Water collection rock
    Flint stones
  • What are these?
    Stone crutches
    Stone mattocks
    Stone axes
    Stone hockey sticks
  • The deep and meaningful relationship Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have with their land, sea, and sky
    Love of the land
    Kinship
    Connection to Country
    The Dreaming
  • What are these?
    Billy bags
    Milly bags
    Silly bags
    Dilly bags
  • What is this?
    Dreamtime story
    Story stones
    Cave painting
    Dot art
  • What are these?
    Didgeridoos
    Clubs
    Pukamani Poles
    Diggings sticks
  • What is this?
    Jingeri
    Coolamon
    Midjimbil
    Woomera
  • A special tool used to throw spears much farther and faster. It worked like a lever to give extra power.
    Wallawani
    Wonga wonga
    Wollie
    Woomera
  • Heavy wooden tools used to hit things. They were useful in hunting and sometimes used in dances or special ceremonies.
    Woomera
    Bullroarer
    Clubs
    Spears
  • Shallow wooden bowls used to carry food, water, or even babies. Made from hollowed-out tree bark.
    Coolamon
    Kurajong
    Quandong
    Corella
  • Carved wooden sticks that were sent between different groups to share messages or invitations. Like an early kind of mail.
    Story sticks
    Clap sticks
    Digging sticks
    Message sticks
  • What are these?
    Pukamani Poles
    Pooki Wookies
    Totems
    Sacred Woolakook sticks
  • What is this?
    Ceremonial skirt
    Pyjamas
    Fighting uniform
    Necklace
  • What are these?
    Digging sticks
    Message sticks
    Clap sticks
    Double sticks
  • What is this?
    Orange body paint
    Ochre body paint
    Opaque body paint
    Ostrich body paint
  • What is this?
    Bullroarer
    Horseroarer
    Sheeproarer
    Pigroarer
  • What is this?
    Didgeridoo
    Whistle
    Digging stick
    Spear
  • What is this?
    Beach painting
    Story painting
    Rock painting
    Cave painting
  • Individuals respected for their wisdom, cultural knowledge, and community service.
    Grandparents
    Elders
    Principals
    Police
  • What are these?
    Woolaroo
    Woomera
    Worrigal
    Waratah
  • What are these
    Story sticks
    Ceremony sticks
    Message sticks
    Party sticks
  • What are these?
    Hearts
    Spades
    Clubs
    Diamonds
  • What are these?
    Game tokens
    Dreamtime pebbles
    Story stones
    Message rocks
  • What is this?
    Hunting trap
    Upsidedown hat
    Fishing trap
    Food carrier
  • What are these?
    Arrows
    Spears
    Knives
    Forks
  • Tall decorated poles placed at burial sites in the Tiwi Islands. They are carved and painted to honour the person who has passed away.
    Yarraman
    Billabong
    Padamelons
    Pukamani Poles
  • Long hollow wooden instruments. When blown into, they make a deep buzzing sound used in music and ceremonies.
    Maracas
    Rainstick
    Bullroarer
    Didgeridoo
  • What is this?
    Bark painting
    Dot painting
    Ghost painting
    Cave painting
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