Comparing Cultures

In the table below see how the cultures of the Aboriginal people and the Early Settlers are compared.

TRADITIONAL ABORIGINAL CULTURE		CULTURE OF THE FIRST SETTLERS
Food obtained from the natural environment by hunting and gathering. Weapons and implements used to obtain and prepare food all available in the natural environment.	FOOD	Food obtained mainly by growing crops and raising animals in permanent settlements. The growing of crops and raising of animals required special machinery, labourers, transport facilities, fertilizers, animal fodder etc....
Shelters made of sticks and grass or lived in caves. All materials required for the building of shelters available in the natural environment.	SHELTER	Lived in permanent well buuilt homes requiring labourers, money and whole range of building equipment to build.
Little or no clothing was worn. Skins were used in colder areas - these skins were from animals found in the natural environment.	CLOTHING	Wore a whole range of clothes that required textiles and spinning and weaving equipment.
Weapons were made from natural materials and were less sophisticated. Required skill to use.	WEAPONS	Mostly based on man made materials e.g. shot and bullets. Could be used from a greater range.
Very distinctive music Mainly used instruments like the clapsticks and the didgeridoo.	MUSIC	Classical style that used instruments like the violin and the piano.

Swan River Settlement