Australian Indigenous Stone Tools (from YouTube)

What museum is the Defining Moments in Australian History project in?

• The National Museum of Australia

• The Australian Museum

• The Museum of NSW

• The Federal Museum of Australia

Answer explanation

The project is in The National Museum of Australia, in Canberra.

WHERE is the National Museum of Australia?

• Canberra

• Sydney

• Melbourne

• New York City

Answer explanation

The National Museum of Australia is in Canberra, the nation's capital. Good place for it!

WHAT TRIBE made the stone tools that are on display?

• Ngunnawal

• Nangatara

• Ngalea

• Ngurunta

Answer explanation

The tools were made thousands of years ago by the Ngunnawal people of the ACT / Goulburn area of NSW.

The oldest stone tools go back...

• 15,000 years

• 10,000 years

• 1,500 years

• 150,000 years

Answer explanation

The oldest tools in the collection were made 15,000 years ago.

The smaller tools are made of "flake materials". This means that...

• They were chipped off larger pieces

• They are make of flakes

• They were made while eating Flake

• They are poor quality

Answer explanation

They were chipped off larger stones and rocks to make small tools for small jobs.

The longer tools were used as...

• knives and animal skin scrapers

• arrowheads

• knives

• spear heads

Answer explanation

The longer tools were used as knives to cut things and as scrapers to clean kangaroo and possum skins.

In the tribe, who usually made the tools?

• men

• women

• men & women equally

• nobody knows

Answer explanation

The tools were usually made by men. In the tribal culture, they are "men's business".

These bowls or grooves were used for...

• grinding stone tools

• storing water

• bathing

• games

Answer explanation

They are known as "grinding grooves" and were used for smoothing out stool tools by grinding stones in the depressions.

Modern members of the tribe feel a spiritual connection to the places used to make stone tools.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Answer explanation

TRUE. The tribe feels a strong spiritual and cultural connection to the grinding grooves and other historical sites.

21,000 years ago, the Canberra area was still in an Ice Age. This means that...

• It was much colder and harder to survive

• The ice was old

• no one knows

• It was much warmer then

Answer explanation

An Ice Age means that it was much colder back then.