10th form Writing / Test "Australian Aborigines"

1. Aborigines probably ____ to Australia from Indonesia 50 000 years ago.

2. The oldest skeleton ____ in Australia was at Lake Mungo in New South Wales.

3. Archaeologist believe it is 38 000 years old and it ____ traces of ceremonial paint.

4. Aborigines were nomads, wanderers so _____.

5. Originally, they did not have a sense of land ownership, although Aboriginal children ____ from an early age that they belonged to the land and had to respect tribal boundaries.

6. Tribes returned to particular places ____ their dead.

7. Some places, like Uluru, were sacred because they _____ with the "Dreamtime".

8. It was supposed to be the time when the Earth was formed and cycles of life and nature _____.

9. Aboriginal legends, songs and dances tell ____ powerful spirits who created the land and people during the Dteamtime.

10. There was no _____ Aboriginal language and, in fact, most of the 600 tribes spoke different dialects and rarely met except on ceremonial occasions.

11. The tradition of the Dreamtime, ____, united the people.

12. Rock paintings showing this creation period can ____ all over the country.

13. Some of the most spectacular and best _____ can be seen at rock galleries in Kakadu National Park and other parts of nothern Australia.

14. The arrival of white people _____ brought an end to the traditional Aboriginal way of life.

15. The "new" Australians began to build and ____ on Aborigine tribal lands.

16. Today, most Aboriginals live in cities and towns or in isolated settlements near tribal lands. Few _____ the old nomadic way of life.

17. In recent years, white Australians ____ more sensitive to the Aborigines' situation.

18. The result ____ an increase in health and educational services, greater recognition of Aboriginal land rights and growing appreciation to Aboriginal culture.

19. Many museums now ____ Aboriginal art, music instruments and artefacts.

20. One way or another, it is always interesting to know ______ new about the life of ancestors.