Transcript The origins of the continent

Today
Mr Daly
Sunday, 3 April 2016
The origins of the continent:
– Aboriginal perspective
– Geographical perspective
WALT (What are we learning today?)
WALT: Explain the origins of the Australian continent from an Aboriginal and geographical
perspective
True or False
A Pass = A Prize
Mr Daly
Sunday, 3 April 2016
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
Geographical Origins of Australia
Mr Daly
Sunday, 3 April 2016
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
Two Dreamtime Stories
Mr Daly
Sunday, 3 April 2016
The Rainbow Serpent Story
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The Rainbow Serpent was the mother to us all
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She woke one day and as she travelled around the Earth
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She carved out the mountains and rivers
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She called out to all living creatures to populate the land
• She told the humans to be protectors of the land
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She told the tribes to pass this knowledge onto their children
• Anyone who breaks the laws will be taken by the Great Mother Serpent
Geographical Origins of Australia
Mr Daly
Sunday, 3 April 2016
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
Mr Daly
Sunday, 3 April 2016
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