In order to use a wheel you would need to build a more complicated device (a barrow or cart). A mature nation would be able to acknowledge not just its British or European traditions, but also its global inheritance.For Aboriginal people in Australia and the many Indigenous peoples around the globe, ours are cultures that speak of responsibility to the land, and to each other. Australian knowledge of Aboriginal people and our 65,000 years of culture and history is rudimentary at best, and if we’re being honest it’s also incredibly outdated and inaccurate.Most of the history textbooks in Australian schools are a rehash of the work produced by a previous generation of historians. We’ve decided to start making some short videos since we’ve all got a bit more time on our hands… our first one is from IndigenousX founder and CEO Luke Pearson talking about ‘Why didn’t Aboriginal people invent the wheel?’ – not just the reasons why we didn’t but, more importantly, the reason racists love to bring this up. On the surface this might seem a straight forward statement, but there’s more to it than meets the eye. Fact is, if you’re 35 years or older and didn’t study Aboriginal history at university or read specialist books, the only updates you’ve received beyond the simplistic concept of Aboriginal people you received in primary school is more than likely what you got from television. Luke Pearson is a Gamilaroi man, and is the founder and CEO of IndigenousX. Most of the history textbooks in Australian schools are a rehash of the work produced by a previous generation of historians. One must have, or create paved or flattened, cleared paths to utilise the physical wheel. Blows my mind that the European race were sailing half way around the world and the abos couldn't even invent the wheel after 40,000 years. Particularly when considering the fact that those who believe such a thing are for the most part the descendants of a culture which is likely to have inherited the wheel, and many other technologies they reference, rather than one that invented them. “Aboriginal people had never invented the wheel.” OK, so whether accurate or not, what is the assumption based on? Making long lasting waste was not part of our culture.Great work! Good explanation but what of the pottery wheel? You’ve heard about Mungo Man, you probably have 40,000 or 50,000 years as a figure in your head, rather than the 25,000 years of human habitation in Australia that you’d been taught in primary school, but you still hold to the notion that didgeridoos and dot paintings represent ancient Aboriginal culture, despite it being quite alien to the majority of us. Quite correct! Was that ever utilised by any of the various nations?A good question, but no there is no evidence of earthenware pottery. Luke Pearson is a Gamilaroi man, and is the founder and CEO of IndigenousX. The Romans did not invent chariots. Circles are yet a major part of Aboriginal art. It’s easier to cut a coolamon from a tree, or carry a water bag made from animal skin, which also keeps the water cooler for longer. Aboriginal people demonstrated a sophisticated understanding of engineering, …

As a separate data-point, we Icelanders sometimes like to say that the wheel wasn’t invented here until then 19th century. © INDIGENOUSX PTY LTD 2014 - 2020. Good luck in trying to get a kangaroo to pull a cart! Australian Aboriginal peoples did have other technologies in common with other parts of the world that aided in their ability to transport a large number of items … Their work in turn was inspired by an earlier generation, who were quite limited in what they knew about Aboriginal people.

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