Across
- 5. Waterhole or small lake in dry regions
- 6. Respected community leader and knowledge holder
- 7. Refers to the generation of Aboriginal children taken from their families
- 8. Traditional wind instrument from Northern Australia
- 10. Rituals performed for cultural, spiritual, or social reasons
- 13. Legal term meaning "land belonging to no one"
- 15. Someone responsible for caring for Country and its stories
- 16. Ceremony that uses smoke to cleanse a person or place
- 17. Important creation spirit for many Victorian Aboriginal groups
- 19. Central to Aboriginal spiritual beliefs and stories
- 21. Traditional method of passing down stories and laws using mouth
- 22. Implements made for hunting, building, and survival
Down
- 1. Formal agreement between Indigenous peoples and government
- 2. A unique set of words and grammar belonging to each Aboriginal group
- 3. Traditional ceremonial gathering with dance and song
- 4. Traditional land management technique using controlled burns
- 9. Term for the land to which Aboriginal groups belong
- 10. Aboriginal relationship to land, people, and culture
- 11. Aboriginal system of family connection and relationships
- 12. Spiritual emblem representing a person’s connection to nature
- 14. Sacred rock formation central to many Aboriginal stories
- 18. Another term used for the creation period in Aboriginal culture
- 20. Process of European settlement and control