Aboriginal Way of Life –Sign-up sheet

(with references to Alinta whenever possible)



1.Territory - demarcation – entering a tribal territory

              Justification of the British to settle down on Aboriginal land

Situation in the past and today

2. Aboriginal Concept of Time (Dreaming)




3. Rituals (their importance for individuals (men, women, children) and community)

Mythology and Art



4.-5. Farming - > Fire

Hunting – fishing, tracking animals, water birds…

Tools (materials, skills…

Diet - Food – how was it prepared



6.Aboriginal Concept of Justice, ownership rights)





7. Family relationships/marriage/ kinship (brothers, sisters, aunts…., meeting prospective
partners, system of  inter-marriages) taboos

8. Children / upbringing/ teaching