Across
- 2. term used by Aboriginal people to refer to the land to which they belong and their place of Dreaming.
- 6. key persons and keepers of various knowledge within Aboriginal communities. They may be elders in respect to kinship, elders in respect of being a leader of large extended family networks; or elders in respect of knowledge acquired and services given in the community.
- 8. encompasses the Dreaming and highlights the inextricable connection of Aboriginal people with the land.
- 10. Site a significant place where the totem once resided.
- 11. the heartland of a local group and the centre of their attachment to territory.
- 13. Those objects such as an animal, plant or particular landmark through which a person is linked to the Ancestral being and is responsible for his or her existence.
Down
- 1. Those spirits who moved about forming the landscape and creating the plants, animals and peoples of the known world. They also founded the ceremonies, marriage laws and other laws of human society. They continue to inhere in the living generations.
- 3. for Aboriginal people, ownership of the land means they have a responsibility to care for and nurture the land. The land and life forms are regarded as a sacred trust, to be preserved and passed on in a timeless cycle of mutual dependence.
- 4. describes all that is known and understood by Aboriginal people in relation to beliefs, values and relationships with people and the environment. It incorporates the past, present and the future.
- 5. relate to the specific rites of passage for Aboriginal people including initiation, death and burial ceremonies, which tie in specifically with the Dreaming.
- 7. the system of relationships traditionally accepted by a particular culture and the rights and obligations they involve.
- 9. formal admission into society
- 12. a formal or ceremonial procedure that is prescribed or is customary in a religious or solemn use.