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Aboriginal people could walk up to 40kms per day carrying small children and their belongings such as spears and utensils. Walking through the bush was much easier then. Because Aboriginal people burnt the bush, it was not thick or dense, more like open forest. They also had specific trade routes and paths.
They used canoes and rafts to travel by water. Canoes were used to travel across lakes, rivers and the ocean. Rafts were a better form of transport in shallow waters such as rivers and lakes. Canoes and rafts were used for fishing. Rafting and canoes were smeared in mud and baked over fires to seal them. Fires were lit on them to provide warmth, to attract fish and for cooking.
The She Oak or Casurina was mainly used for making canoes. A stone-hatchet was used to cut the bark after a period of rain. This was when the bark was easy to peal off. The bark was folded at the ends and the ends were sealed with resin. The centre was kept spread by sticks.
Fishing hooks and lines, canoes and paddle.
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