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The Dreaming

In the mythology of the Indigenous Australians, the Dreaming is a time of creation when the world took shape and all life began. During Dreamtime, ancestral beings created the landscape, made the first people and taught the people how to live (Encyclopedia.com n.d.). Stories from this period of time are still told today and each of them tell a message. These stories, called Dreamtime stories or Dreaming stories, help Indigenous people make sense of the world and are used to learn and teach.

ACTIVITY 3

Read and watch the information on this page. Watch the YouTube video of Uncle Bill telling the Dreaming story of Wahluu and answer the following questions:

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  1. Why do the boys have a spear throwing competition?

  2. Which one of the boys hits the target first?

  3. What does Gaahna Bula do about this?

  4. Do you think this is a reasonable reaction?

  5. What is the message that we are meant to learn from this story?

  6. Why is Wahluu a sacred place today? 

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Uncle Bill telling the story of Wahluu.

Check out these Dreaming stories!

MIMIS

THE CURSE

MERMAID

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