Collinson Library: HASS7 History Mystery, Investigating the Ancient Past (2015): Mungo Man

Websites

Source: Mungo Man: The story behind the bones that forever changed Australia's History. (www.ibtimes.com)

Mungo Man
From Don's Maps, this site has maps, photographs, artilcles.
First Humans in Australia
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Mungo Man and Mungo Lady, as they are known to the local Aborigines, both died and were buried around 40,000 years ago, reports a team of scientists.
On this day: Mungo Man Fossil Found [Aust. Geographic]
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The 1974 discovery of Mungo Man doubled the known length of Aboriginal history in Australia.
Mungo Man: The Story behind the bones that forever changed Australia's history.
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This is a story about bones. About what can and can’t be explained by them, and the tales we choose for them to tell.
Mungo Lady & Mungo Man
From the Mungo National Park website.
Mungo Archaeology: Dating the Past
From the Mungo National Park website.
Mungo Man
From Australia: The Land where Time Began.
Lake Mungo for Kids [National Museum Australia] 45,000 years ago: Join us on a time travelling adventure as we visit Lake Mungo in New South Wales, at a time when people lived in Australia and megafauna roamed the landscape. Click on the images below for photos, videos and more information.
Mungo Man
From The Australian Dictionary of Biography.
Why are Mungo Man and Mungo Lady significant?
From History Skills - Classroom.

Human Migration out of Africa

Aboriginal DNA provides human migration clues [2:04 mins]

Scientists have used DNA evidence from a lock of hair found in WA in the 1920s to map the early migration of humans from Africa to Australia.

SOURCE: ABC News (Australia) (2011), Aboriginal DNA provides Human Migration Clues, posted on YouTube on YouTube Sep 23, 2011, https://youtu.be/2qlTQorAigA

Mungo Lady & Mungo Man

Introduction to Lady Mungo and Mungo Man [3:49 mins]

SOURCE: NSW Department of Education - Learning Systems (2018), Lady Mungo and Mungo Man, posted on YouTube, https://youtu.be/DyNlNvkkmdc

The Mystery of Mungo Man and Mungo Lady - The skeletons that rewrote human history [10:22 mins]

The discovery of human remains at Lake Mungo in south-western New South Wales in 1968 and 1974 changed theories of human history forever. Find out why in this video.

SOIRCE: History Skills (2022), The Mystery of Mungo Man and Mungo Lady, posted on YouTube on Jan 7, 2022, https://youtu.be/6IVrH5cpwMc

Returning the Bones

When scientist Jim Bowler discovered an ancient skeleton in outback New South Wales 44 years ago, he had no idea it would change history. But Mungo Man's descendants have been fighting for the return of his bones ever since.

SOURCE: Long Journey Home, Australian Story, ClickView [2018]