![]() ![]() In addition to drinking, waterways are where food and resources for technology can be harvested, and can be used for travel. Many of these stories involve water because no matter where one lives in Australia, water is central to survival. These are passed down from generation to generation. Cultural stories contain facts and lessons, such as tips for survival and navigation along routes for which song series (or ‘songlines’) sometimes provide memory aids for navigation. So these stories needed to be memorable and often age-specific, so the important details are easily remembered. There are stories that describe significant and catastrophic changes in the landscape that happened thousands of years ago, such as sea level rise after the last ice age (at least 7000 years ago 2), animals that are now extinct, floods, asteroid strikes, volcanic eruptions and cyclones 3.Īboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ storytelling is an oral tradition. Many of the events these stories describe match scientific understanding of historical events. These stories often blend science and historical events, such as how things came to be, with cultural norms and important lessons for living 1. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders have been passing down stories to the next generations for over 60,000 years. There are some similarities, but each group has their own distinct creation stories and languages. There are hundreds of different Aboriginal cultures in Australia, as well as Torres Strait Islander cultures. Creation stories tell people about their history, cultures and beliefs, and the environment in which they live or have come from. ![]()
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