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Dreamtime

Dreamtime. By Maddi Ainslie. My 5 Questions. 1. Who created the dreamtime stories? The dreamtime stories were created by the aboriginals, and passed down as legends. 2. Do all the animals have a dreamtime story to represent them?

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Dreamtime

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  1. Dreamtime By Maddi Ainslie

  2. My 5 Questions 1. Who created the dreamtime stories? The dreamtime stories were created by the aboriginals, and passed down as legends. 2. Do all the animals have a dreamtime story to represent them? All dreamtime stories of Australian animals, tell us, for example, how: the echidna got it’s spikes, the bird’s got their colours, and what the rainbow serpent was. Not all Indigenous Australians believe the same stories – each clan has their own set of beliefs. There are over 10,000 different clans in Australia.

  3. 3. Why are there dreamtime stories? To teach people about their culture and history of their ancestors. 4. Why do aboriginals have totems? They believe that is what they will be in the next life. A totem is an object or thing in nature that is adopted as a family or clan emblem. 5, Why do aboriginal tribes/mob/clans have different languages? Their tribes/mob/clans are in different parts of Australia and it’s states.

  4. My Big Question? The Aboriginal culture has dreamtime stories, totems and different languages, are they still important today? Yes they are still important today, because it is part of Aboriginal and Australian history. . . . . . . . . .

  5. About the Dreamtime The Dreamtime stories played a large part in the Aboriginal lives. Indigenous Australians believed that their stories carried the truth from the past and they told of the journeys and actions of ancestral beings.

  6. A LESSON OF GOOD BEHAVIOUR This painting of Mabuyu reminds Traditional Owners to tell a story which warns against stealing. Mabuyu was dragging his catch on a string after a fishing expedition when a greedy person cut the string and stole his fish. That night, Mabuyu waited until the thieves had eaten his fish and were camped inside there cave near the East Alligator River. Then he blocked the cave with a huge rock. “Next morning they never came out. Because they pinched it they got punished. Kids, ladies, and men all dead – finished.” …..Bill Neidjie. Mabuyu

  7. Kevin Rudd's sorry speech • In 2008 Kevin Rudd presented his speech to apologise about taking the aboriginal children away from their families. He presented his sorry speech to the aboriginals because he wants to say sorry about our behaviour from the 1910’s to the 1970’s. (60 years) • These children were never taught about their Dreamtime and when they were stolen from their families, their Dreamtime was stolen too. Why is this important to the Dreamtime + the traditional culture?

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