First Nations Songlines and trade

First Nations Australians had mapped the land and waterways of the continent long before the arrival of Europeans.

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Australian National Maritime Museum

For tens of thousands of years, First Nations Australians used Songlines to navigate across Land and Sea Country. Songlines were also the ancient pathways of trade that criss-crossed the continent.

The animation is an introduction to Songlines. Watch it together with your students and discuss the questions below.

Chapters

1. Why did they go?

2. What did they trade?

3. Where did they go?

4. How did they navigate?

First Nations Songlines and tradeFirst Nations Songlines and trade

First Nations Australians had mapped the land and waterways of the continent long before the arrival of Europeans.

Chapters

First Nations Songlines and trade