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How did Aboriginal people hunt their food?
Luckily for them, there was a lot of wildlife throughout the Australian bush available. The animals were hunted using tools like small daggers and spears made from sharpened stone. Common animals that were hunted and eaten by Aboriginals included Kangaroos, Wild Turkeys, Possums, Emus, Anteaters, Lizards and Snakes.
What weapons did the Aboriginal use for hunting animals?
There are six main types of Aboriginal weapons that aboriginal people used. These are spears, spear throwers, clubs, shields, boomerangs, and sorcery. Many aboriginal weapons are for hunting as well as warfare. A boomerang or spear-thrower used for hunting game could also be used in fighting.
Did Aboriginal people use bows?
Aboriginal Weapons and Tools. The favoured weapon of the Aboriginal People was the spear and spear thrower. The fact that they never adopted the bow and arrow has been debated for a long time. During post-glacial times the bow and arrow were being used in every inhabited part of the world except Australia.
What did Aboriginals Hunt and gather?
For aboriginal people, hunting and fishing were delegated to the menfolk. While the gathering of plants and shellfish to be used for food was considered the job of women in the tribe. Contrary to what many films depict, hunting is not always a one-day activity.
Are traditional hunting and fishing subsistence activities?
But traditional hunting and fishing activities are not concerned only with subsistence. The close relationship between economic activities and the law has often been described. Sackett suggests that for Aboriginal people at Wiluna:
What do Aborigines eat?
Traditional Aborigines have been regarded as the sole surviving representatives of hunters and gatherers in Oceania. [1459] Bush food continues to form part of the diet of many Aboriginal people outside urban areas. But traditional hunting and fishing activities are not concerned only with subsistence.
Why can’t you hunt near ceremonial sites?
As Maddock points out, these rules forbidding hunting near ceremonial sites in effect created game sanctuaries, and it was not only barren land and waters that were regulated in this manner: