Deep time history of Australia - Reconciliation WA

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Deep time history is a study of early First Nations Peoples of Australia, a period defined by the development of cultural practices and organised societies. It is a framework to describe immense scales of geological time used by geologists, archaeologists and anthropologists to investigate the past lives of First Nations peoples.

This self-guided module is designed to support teachers in addressing the Year 7 History sub-strand Deep time history of Australia. However, it is a useful topic for all Australians to learn about.

In this Self-Guided Education Tour you will learn:

What is ‘Deep Time’ history of the First Nations people of Australia?
Examples of cultural knowledge sharing evidencing thousands of years of cultural practice.
Creation stories from Aboriginal Nations and peoples.

Course Modules

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Digital Classroom: Arrival of the dingo

National Museum Australia

Australia's first introduced species: Learning module designed for year 5 and 8 classrooms.

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Digital Classroom: Trade with the Makasar

National Museum Australia

Top end trade: Learning module designed for year 4 and 9 classrooms.

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Guide to teaching Deep Time History for year 7 classrooms.

Australian Curriculum

This resource supports teachers to address the Deep Time History learning module.

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What is ‘Deep Time’ history of the First Nations People of Australia?

History Skills

An introduction to what Deep Time history is, with examples and links to further information.

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First Nations Migrations to Australia: Lesson plan

History Skills

This year 7 lesson plan includes two worksheets and explores the early arrival of First Australians.

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Relationship with the Environment: Lesson plan

History Skills

This year 7 lesson plan explores how First Australians responded to the environmental over thousands of years.

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First Nations Technology: Lesson plan

History Skills

This year 7 lesson plan explores the technologoical achivements of early First Nations Australians.

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Deep time history: Story of the Yawkyawk

ABC Education

A resource for year 5 to 10 classrooms, with a video and questions for further reflection.

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Deep time history: Ingenuity of Indigenous fish traps

ABC Education

A resource for year 5 to 10 classrooms, with a video and questions for further reflection.

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Deep time history: Importance of dugongs for Torres Strait Islander peoples

ABC Education

A resource for year 5 to 10 classrooms, with a video and questions for further reflection.

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Deep time history: History of Indigenous watercrafts

ABC Education

A resource for year 5 to 10 classrooms, with a video and questions for further reflection.

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Deep time history: Diversity of Indigenous watercrafts

ABC Education

A resource for year 5 to 10 classrooms, with a video and questions for further reflection.

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Deep time history: Cultural significance of possum skin cloaks

ABC Education

A resource for year 5 to 10 classrooms, with a video and questions for further reflection.

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Web page

Deep Time: Shaped by the Sea exhibition digital experience

Australian National Maritime Museum

Gain a fuller understanding of our ancient continent through land, water and sky.

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Article

Indigenous storytelling accurately records sea level rises 7,000 years ago

The Guardian

Learn about how ‘cross-checking’ tradition helps explain extraordinary accuracy in First Nations oral histories.

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Ancient Aboriginal stories preserve history of a rise in sea level

The Conversation

This articles explores the oral histories of First Nation Australians on rising sea levels.

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Video

Deep History of Sea Country: Investigating the seabed in Western Australia

Flinders University Maritime Archaeology Program

Aboriginal artefacts on the continental shelf reveal ancient drowned cultural landscapes in northwest Australia.

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Discovering ancient Aboriginal artefacts off Pilbara coast

The Conversation

First submerged ancient Aboriginal archaeological sites found in waters off Western Australia.

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Digital Classroom: Mungo Lady found

National Museum Australia

Uncovering ancient Australia: Learning module designed for year 4, 5, 6 and 7 classrooms.

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Video

Albany Creation Story

Western Australian Museum

Elder Lynette Knapp recounts her traditional connection with Menang Country, speaking of the creation of Albany.

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Mandurah Indigenonus Creation Story

City of Mandurah

The creation of Mandurah as told by Aboriginal Elder Joe Walley.

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Television Series

The Human Revolution

ABC

The story of our species has been re-written by stunning discoveries of human remains, art and artefacts analysed by sophisticated dating, genetic and microscopic imaging techniques.

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Aboriginal DNA provides human migration clues

ABC News

Scientists have used DNA evidence from a lock of hair found in WA in the 1920s to map the early migration of humans from Africa to Australia.

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Article

Oral traditions stretch back more than 12,000 years

The University of Melbourne

New research demonstrates traditional stories from Tasmania passed down for more than 12,000 years.

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Digital Classroom: Separation of Tasmania

National Museum Australia

An isolated Island: Learning module designed for year 8 classrooms.

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Digital Classroom: Evidence of First Peoples

National Museum Australia

We are from here': Learning module designed for year 7 classrooms.

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Digital Classroom: Earliest known rock art

National Museum Australia

Petroglyphs and pictographs: Learning module designed for year 4 and 7 classrooms.

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Digital Classroom: Earliest evidence of the boomerang

National Museum Australia

Much more than a tool: Learning module designed for year 4 and 7 classrooms.