Critical Reflection on Australia’s past and indigenous culture

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Critical Reflection
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1CRITICAL REFLECTION
Topic- Critical Reflection on Australia’s past and indigenous culture
Week 2- There is still a lot to be explored about the Australian History
The history of Australia is almost 65,000 years old and the nation has developed only half
a century ago (Malaspinas et al. 2016). The first Australians were regarded as ‘primitive ‘which
connotes the fossilized phase in the human evolution. Although they were considered primitive,
they were not actually considered ancient. Australia has a such an old history that when the land
was formed or actually human beings or the indigenous people of Australia started living there,
the earth was still evolving in itself. The dune fields were forming, the volcanos were erupting,
glaciers were erupting and the sea levels were rising above 125 meters (Turnbull 2015).
This evolution transformed the Lake Carpentaria into a gulf and the Bassian Plain
transformed into a Strait. The aboriginal culture of Australia of the core base of their cultural
pride because they were one of the oldest people who have always been here and have witnessed
the entire evolution of the young settling land. According to my observations they are the most
authentic treasures of Australia. Another interesting fact about the country is that when the
Kenniff cave in the Queensland highlands are explored, there are clear evidence that Australia
was occupied since the last Ice age (Turnbull 2015). The excavations prove that Australia has
been inhabited by the modern world in the 17th century or later when the Europeans set foot on
the aboriginal land. I respect the country to be the home of the ancient traditions and the
scientific discoveries discard what people previously thought about the nation. I believe there is
still a lot of the story of Australia to be disclosed which will open new ways for exploration and
knowledge.