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The significant discoveries of the oldest human
remains in Australia and evidence of the oldest ritual
burials in the world at Lake Mungo make this place a
phenomenal cultural and scientific site. These
discoveries caused history to be rewritten.
Mungo holds keys to understanding climatic changes in Australia across thousands
of years, it tells the story of deep time and of the Aboriginal people who lived
through the Ice Age and were at the forefront of human cultural evolution, with
modern humans living in Australia before they inhabited Europe.
TAKE STUDENTS ON A VIRTUAL TOUR OF LAKE MUNGO VIA AN INQUIRY
BASED CURRICULUM, ABORIGINAL PERSPECTIVES AND
PROFESSOR JIM BOWLER’S MULTI-MEDIA CD
MUNGO EXPLORER RESOURCE for SCHOOLS includes:
www.mungoexplorer.com.au
‣ Multi-media CD: LAKE MUNGO a window to Australia’s past – PROF JIM BOWLER
‣ Years 4 and 7 INQUIRY BASED HISTORY CURRICULUM – JACQUIE TAYLOR & JENNY BOWLER
P: 0403 985 915
E: [email protected]
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THE LAKE MUNGO CD EXPLORES
SCIENCE HAS OPENED A DOORWAY AND THE ANCIENT
REMAINS TELL A STORY - OF A CULTURE THAT HAS SURVIVED
OVER 2000 GENERATIONS...
THE MUNGO EXPLORER
CURRICULUM supports the CD and
consists of:
• Detailed Lesson Plans
• Student Study Sheets
• Teacher Reference
• E V I D E N C E O F A N C I E N T O C C U PAT I O N
• I C E A G E A U S T R A L I A & C L I M AT I C C H A N G E S S PA N N I N G
120,000 YEARS
• L E G A CY O F T H E F I R S T A U S T R A L I A N S
• T H E E XC I T E M E N T O F T H E D I S C O V E R I E S
• TENSIONS BETWEEN SCIENCE & INDIGENOUS PERSPECTIVES
• Over 600 images - photos, graphs, maps, videos
LAKE MUNGO AND THE WILLANDRA LAKES
AREA WERE GRANTED WORLD HERITAGE
STATUS IN 1981
The Australian History Curriculum
makes mention of Lake Mungo in
two areas:
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Year 4: Diversity & Longevity of
Australia’s first peoples
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Strong focus is given to Historical and
Scientific Inquiry and utilisation of the 8
Aboriginal Ways of Learning model
Year 7: The Ancient World,
Investigating the Ancient Past
Fortunately the geologist, Jim Bowler who made
the discoveries of MUNGO LADY & MUNGO
MAN approx. 42,000 years old! created a very
comprehensive scientific and cultural record in his
CD Lake Mungo: a window to Australia’s
Materials are all written in a way to ensure
teachers feel confident in working with
sensitive Cultural materials and
comprehensive scientific information
past
Permission and encouragement has been
given by the members of the Elders Council
to produce these teaching materials
Australian students are now able to
learn about our significant and
extraordinary natural and human
history revealed at Lake Mungo
ph: 0403 985 915
e: [email protected]
www.mungoexplorer.com.au
“This CD is dedicated to assisting in some small way this nation’s passage
towards cultural enrichment. I trust it may deepen our understanding of both
the land we live in, and of those ancient people whose living descendants
survive to enrich us all.” - JIM BOWLER, Lake Mungo CD