When did modern humans get to Australia? Fran Dorey 2025
DNA Study Finds Aboriginal Australians World’s Oldest Civilization Christopher Klein 2025
Indigenous Science: “Australia Had Ancient Trade Routes Too” Queensland Museum. Trade of red ochre.
Ancient super Highways (5 mins)
The Dreaming (Clickview videos)
This animated series is based on Australian Aboriginal storytelling that have been maintained as a body of knowledge for over 40,000 years. Each episode looks at a unique story, beautifully animated by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists.
The Dreaming Common Ground
The Dreaming is First Nations peoples’ understanding of the world and its creation.
Dreamtime stories list Japingka Aboriginal Art
Select an artwork to read the story and to view further artworks and information related to the story.
Dreamtime World History Encyclopedia
Short article
Indigenous Science: Shell middens and fish traps Queensland Museum
World’s first bakers? ABC Education
Archaeologists have recently found evidence that Indigenous Australians were producing flour 65,000 years ago.
Ancient stone settlements (5 mins)
Learn about the discovery of hundreds of stone huts on the banks of an ancient aquafarm which challenges the idea that Aboriginal peoples were nomadic.
Belief systems (3 mins)
Map of Indigenous Australia AIATSIS
First Languages Australia Gamby
Select language or location to see and hear the first languages spoken by the First Nations peoples.
First Languages Australia is working with regional language centres nationally to develop a map of Australia’s first languages that reflects the names and groupings favoured by community.
Suggested search terms: Australian Aboriginal peoples, The Dreaming, Torres Strait Islander peoples
First Nations spirituality (3 mins)
Learn about First Nations stories and hear one from Central Australia, which describes how Uluru came to have its markings.
History of Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park Parks Australia
Historical Context - Ancient History Bringing Them Home
The following historical timeline has been compiled by the Australian Museum’s Indigenous Education Project Officer Renee Cawthorne. It focuses primarily on Aboriginal history in Australia prior to the arrival of Europeans.
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander collection timeline
Written timeline from 65,000 years ago to 2017.
Relationships to country: Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islander people Queensland Studies Authority
