Native American Indians Aboriginals

Australia has a warm climate so aboriginals usually slept outside.
But when it did get cold in the winter they slept and lived in shelters. These shelters were made of a frame work of branches and sticks then they were covered with leaves and branches. Or the aboriginals slept next a camp fire.

The native America Indians slept and lived in tipis. A tipi is a tent with a wooden pole in the middle supporting it. They were made up of 10 to 20 buffalo hides sewn together. If it was cold a fire was it in the centre of the tipi to keep them warm. 3 to 4 families could live in one tipi. They had to be waterproof, and stable and drought proof for windy conditions.

Women were responsible for gathering food such as seed, berries, fruits, grubs, nuts

etc. they used digging sticks and coolamons (which were their bowls). Women also had the job of looking after and caring for the children.
The men’s job was to go hunt animals such as kangaroo, reptiles, fish and small mammals. They used weapons like throwing stick and spears and boomerangs (useful for killing birds). Their weapons were mostly made from stone since it it was stronger and would last longer. They also used plant fibres, wood, shell and bone. At around the age of 6 the young boys joined the men to learn how to hunt.

The main form of transport for aboriginals was walking. Since they were nomadic they had to walk a lot. The aboriginals who were traveling on the coast would travel canoes. Canoes were also very helpful to hunt for fish and other sea creatures.

Nai were also nomadic so they had to do a lot of walking as well as their transport. If they lived near rivers, lakes or the ocean they also used canoes.
Nai women were gathers as well. They collected seeds, nuts, vegetables and fruits. They also made the tipis and prepared buffalo and clothing.
The men hunted. They mainly hunted buffalo since it was able to be used for a lot of things such as (the buffalo hair could be used for pillows, decorations, and clothing and rope and the bones for sewing needles, arrowhead, saddles, knives and tools)