Hunter Gatherer
- followed the availability of food and to escape inclement weather
- only took from the environment what they needed
- did not acquire many material possessions
Fire Stick Farming
- The use of fire to clear land to create grasslands to attract large mammals for hunting
- Make travel easier
Indigenous Interactions
- Hunting and Gathering
- Nomadic and semi nomadic movement
- Fire stick farming
- Sacred sights
- Land management
Contemporary
Events or actions that have occurred within the last 15 years.
Indigenous Perceptions
- Land filled w ancestors
- Born from land and return when dead
- Land was mother
- Part of land
- Care for the land, land cares for them
Industrialisation and Impacts
1870 - 1900
The development of an industry on an extensive scale.
- pollution in land and waterways
- habitat loss
- biodiversity loss
- altered landscape
- erosion on coastal dunes
- conservation from national parks
Increasing Population and Impacts
1850 - 1870
As a result of the discovery of gold in a number of different places around the state, regional centres eg Melbourne, Bendigo, Ballarat and Geelong saw huge increases in population in a very short time period.
- introduced species
- habitat loss
- biodiversity loss
- severe bushfires
- flooding
- conservation - some positive impacts
Nation Building and Impacts
1901 -
The process of constructing a national identity including the development of national myths as well as major infrastructure development.
- urbanisation intensified
- erosion around coastal areas
- habitat loss from further clearing of land
- altered landscape thru mining effects
- conservation - prom management
Early Settlers Interactions
- Introduction of foreign species (for farming, hunting, companionship)
- removal of indigenous species
- Explored the potential of the environment for resources
- Resources were explored in accessible areas
Early Settlers Perceptions
- Fear of this harsh, new, distant place (seasons, weather, local inhabitants, light)
- Needed to be altered and improved
- British = superior human power over flora and fauna
- Unsuitable for farming
Biodiversity
The variety of organisms found within a specified area
Semi Nomadic
- They moved from place to place in a seasonal pattern following food supplies
Great Ocean Rd
- Part of nation building
- Built by 3,000 returned soldiers from 1919-1932
- Initially built as a memorial but also had the purpose of connecting isolated communities to tourism
- All construction occurred by hand
Mornington Peninsula
- morno life saving club was founded in 1914
- purpose was to keep the increasing number of holiday makes safe whilst swimming at mills beach
- attract more people = destruction
- nation building
- recreation
Wilsons Prom - Sealing: Relationships
1798
Perception:
- Seals were seen as a commercial resource
- An abundant number of seals meant that the commercial possibilities were high
Impact:
- By the late 1830s, most seals had been killed off and the industry was no longer viable
Wilsons Prom - Whaling: Relationships
1798 - 1947
Perception:
- Whales were seen as a valuable commercial resource to use for survival in a new and Unknown environment
- They were considered dangerous and a threat to early settlers - killing could be justified
Impact:
- Whale numbers declined; whaling became unsustainable, the activity ceased by 1847
- Cutting of timber for firewood to burn down blubber and clearing of vegetation for huts
Wilsons Prom - Logging: Relationships
1849 - 1920
Perception:
- Forests could be harvested for fuel to burn whale and seal blubber
- many people worked on the goldfields in the mid 1850s so demand for timber was high
- Surrounding farmers required posts and railings for fences
Impacts:
- A small township with a pop of 61 people was established at sealers cove
- Soil disturbance
- Clearing of vegetarians
- Loss of old growth tress and habitat for wildlife
