Australian Aboriginals

The way in which humans have managed to survive the varying terrains and climates on earth is a most interesting topic to research. My journey so far has been an attempt to investigate how people past and present including myself are able to survive in the wilderness.

I have conducted further into how Australian Aboriginals have developed effective survival techniques. Compared to other places on earth has extreme variations in both its terrain and climatic conditions yet in the past aboriginals managed to inhabit and coexist with this harsh continent. One thing aboriginals had to master was the ability to hunt and gather food. They developed ingenious techniques to hunt bird, fish and large game. One of their more interesting methods was the use of a duck net. Used on the Murrumbidgee River, they placed large nets of fibre strung across watercourses to trap ducks and other birds. It was an effective and simple way to obtain large quantities of food. The aboriginals used fire...