Duplicate of Mungo Man and Mungo Woman

Question 1

Aboriginal spirituality is often referred to as:

Accepted Answer

The dreamtime

Question 2

How old was Mungo Man when he died?

Accepted Answer

50 years old

Question 3

Which groups have benefited from the discoveries of Mungo Lady and Mungo Man?

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Archaeologists around the world, Modern Australians like you and me

Question 4

What did the discovery of red ochre on Mungo Man’s skeleton symbolise?

Accepted Answer

He was an important person in the Aboriginal culture.

Question 5

Roughly what date do historians think were the first signs of human settlement in Australia?

Accepted Answer

70 000 BC

Question 6

How did geologist Jim Bowler find the skeleton?

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Jim Bowler discovered mungo man's skeleton on a research trip

Question 7

When was Mungo Man’s skeleton given back to the traditional owners of the land?

Accepted Answer

November 2017

Question 8

Some of the ways that Aboriginal people buried their dead include...

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Burial in ground or caves

Question 9

Who discovered Mungo Man and Mungo Woman?

Accepted Answer

Jim Bowler

Question 10

How did Lake Mungo discoveries change Australian archaeology?

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Jim Bowler's team found some of the oldest remains on earth

Question 11

Aboriginal people lived in...

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handmade huts

Question 12

How many years ago did Mungo Man live?

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40,000

Question 13

Where is Lake Mungo?

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Western NSW

Question 14

How far apart were Mungo man and Mungo woman found?

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400m

Question 15

What does 'oral tradition' mean?

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People passing on stories and songs without using writing

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