Evidence that the Oral Stories of First Nations Australians May Be Thousands of Years Old

Oral accounts across Australia tell the story of ocean levels rising at the end of the last glacial period, and these can be cross-checked against reconstructions of the coastline receding and land bridges disappearing.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Nunn, Patrick, School of Behavioural, Cognitive and Social Sciences, Reid, Nick, School of Environmental and Rural Science, orcid:0000-0002-4377-9734
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: History Teacher's Association of Victoria 2023
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/55730
https://rune.une.edu.au/web/retrieve/18fe6b37-4b8d-44d9-a27e-1ab5276de59d
Description
Summary:Oral accounts across Australia tell the story of ocean levels rising at the end of the last glacial period, and these can be cross-checked against reconstructions of the coastline receding and land bridges disappearing.