Voorbeelden van Aborigine

• Aborigines also see a big picture of a black emu in the night sky. 

• An Aborigine story says that when the world was young, somebody sent an emu egg into the sky and made the sun. 

• Australian Aborigines crossed the sea from Asia as early as 50,000 years ago. 

• But even today, when people think of Australia, they often think of Aborigines. 

• In 1933 there were only 74,000 Aborigines left, maybe a quarter of the number there were in 1788. 

• Other Aborigines died from the diseases that the new people brought with them. 

• Some people say the Aborigine word koala means “does not drink,” but this is wrong. 

• The Aborigines of Australia traditionally believed in the Rainbow Serpent, a magical snake that lived under the ground and controlled oil and water.