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- Indigenous Science - Australia Had Ancient Trade Routes Too | Queensland MuseumCITEMAKER | Automatically Generate Citations > Website URL > CHECK CHECK CHECK
"Trade and trading routes have developed and existed for many thousands of years all over the world. In the period when Europe and Asia had the Silk Road and Spice Trade, Australian Aborigines were also using trade routes along overland pathways ... " - We mapped the ‘super-highways’ the First Australians used to cross the ancient land | The ConversationCITEMAKER | Automatically Generate Citations > Website URL > CHECK CHECK CHECK
"There are many hypotheses about where the Indigenous ancestors first settled in Australia tens of thousands of years ago, but evidence is scarce ... "
There have been many Western theories as to how the First people came to migrate to Australia over 65,000 years ago with little evidence to date of the first migration point into Australia. Aboriginal people in their traditional and historical stories, through oral storytelling, talk about always having been here. Ecologist Professor Corey Bradshaw theorised what Western scientists believe was a route Aboriginal people may have followed, using a super computer and adding in data around known terrain, drinkable water and areas of abundant plant and animal life for food. Highlighting that it was probable that the 70 km route across the ocean from Asia was the more likely route to Australia. This discovery highlights the tenacity and skills of Australia’s First People.
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Songlines are the Aboriginal walking routes that crossed the country, linking important sites and locations. Before colonisation they were maintained by regular use, burning off and clearing.
The term ‘Songline’ describes the features and directions of travel that were included in a song that had to be sung and memorised for the traveller to know the route to their destination. Certain Songlines were referred to as ‘Dreaming Pathways’ because of the tracks forged by Creator Spirits during the Dreaming.