The word Aborigine is taken from the Latin language and means "from the beginning". This is the name given to the native Australians by the Europeans. Although the Aborigines did not call them selves the name they were given by the Europeans and preferred to call themselves Koori.

2. Where did the Aborigines come from and when?

Aborigines are dark-skinned people belonging to the Australoid group who came from Asia. It’s not quite sure how they came to Australia around 60,000 years ago. They may have walked and sailed here from Asia.

3. How did they supply themselves with food? What was the boomerang used for? Koori’s roamed from place to place-hunting animals using spears and boomerangs. They also gathered fruits, nuts and yams, which they ate.

4. How many Aborigines were there and how were they organised?

There were 300,000 aborigines divided into 250 tribal groups before the first white settlers came. Each group had its own territory, traditions, beliefs and unique language.

5. What do the Aborigines associate with the term Dreamti

11. What does terra nullius mean? How did the British misuse this term?

Terra Nullius means uninhabited by humans. The British used this as justification of taking what they wanted.

· Why did they boss each other around and beat and hang people?

· Why were they mean and selfish towards each other and not sharing?

When the aborigines realised that the white settlers weren’t ancestors but were destroying their land, they began to fight back. They killed some white people and even injured the Captain Arthur Phillip. The European settlers reacted by slaughtering and poisoning the aborigines and systematically destroying the land and wild animals they lived on.

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