Aboriginal word
Students:
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Australian English word
find three Aboriginal words from this list that describe
things in Mickey’s picture
tuggi
no
nawa
yes
write the Aboriginal word on the item in Mickey’s drawing.
ji
come
nobard
go
nonaga-weyou
What is your name?
tewg-ah
bread
mondagai
meat
marrah
fish
burroo
kangaroo
koona
duck
ka au dee
tobacco
yau yee
fire
boanbal
wood
warrang
child
niara
look there
yookun or coonjee
hut
cumboo gullock
bullock
Euroka
The sun
Indeko
The moon
sort the Aboriginal words into two groups:
a. Aboriginal words to describe Aboriginal things
b. Aboriginal words to describe European things
1 | State Library of New South Wales: NSW Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum – History (The World of Mickey of Ulladulla)
Aboriginal words to describe Aboriginal things
Aboriginal word
Australian English meaning
Aboriginal words to describe European things
Aboriginal word
Australian English meaning
2 | State Library of New South Wales: NSW Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum – History (The World of Mickey of Ulladulla)