- Region now known as New South Wales
- Kamillaroi and Euahlayi People use star maps for navigation across hundreds of kilometres
- Brewarrina fish traps part of sustainable food system, law and trade relationships for thousands of years
- Evidence suggests the first Australians may have been world's earliest bakers. Around 30,000 years ago
- Sydney looked very different to today before sea levels rose. Around 20,000 years ago
- Burriburri the whale a significant spiritual figure for Dharawal People
- Dharawal saltwater people live off the sea
- Dharawal People travel along coast to fulfil cultural responsibilities
- A place of combat and punishment between neighbouring clans lies beneath a well-known Sydney park. Around 8,000 years ago
- Aboriginal men at Gamay (Botany Bay) see ship carrying Captain Cook. Year: 1770
- Dinawan, the emu in the stars, tells Wiradjuri People what's happening down below
- Barkindji creator giant snake Ngytji Ngytji reminds people of danger in the water
- Stars tell Mutthi Mutthi people when to collect emu eggs
- Barkindji People use emu in the sky as calendar for hunting
- Giant kangaroo Bookamurra is the Barkindji creator of the great lakes
- Mungo Lady leaves behind evidence of a much bigger story. Around 42,000 years ago
- Mungo Lady receives ritual cremation. Around 42,000 years ago
- Mungo Man believed to be important tribal leader. Around 42,000 years ago
- Footprints paint picture of life during ice age. Around 20,000 years ago
- Family group leave behind footprints around peak of ice age. Around 20,000 years ago
- Stone tools and weapons crafted and traded from Willandra Lakes
- NSW south coast's first fishermen had such a deep connection with dolphins and whales that they would help them hunt
- Ancient travelling route from coast to Snowy Mountains helped form modern-day roads. Possibly more than 40,000 years ago
- Region now known as Queensland
- People travel hundreds of kilometres for an ancient gathering at time of bunya nut harvest
- Bunya Country holds story of Dhakkan the rainbow serpent who created sacred waterholes
- Gummingurru initiation place an important stop on epic journey to Bunya gathering. Between 3,000 and 6,000 years ago
- One bunya cone provides up to 100 nuts, a vital bush food source
- Aboriginal groups come from all over to visit Bunya Mountains, but only certain people are allowed up the sacred mountain
- People from Bunya Country manage land by burning grasslands
- Markers of skilled craftspeople left behind on Wakka Wakka Country scar trees
- Kombumerri creation story begins with a giant God from Milky Way, who still points out to the ocean
- Kombumerri fishermen had special hunting relationship with dolphins connected to Dreamtime
- Rising seas disconnect mainland from New Guinea, Lardil People pass down story about a 'seagull woman' cutting out islands. Around 14,000 years ago
- People engineer hundreds of complex traps to catch fish in tidal zones
- Zugub Thagay appears in the sky to warn islanders of big rains
- Traditional game often played around turtle mating season at Lag Mabuyag in the Torres Strait
- The saga of Kuyam
- Kuku Djungan people abandon sacred mountain Ngarrabullgan. Around 600 years ago
- Gugu Badhun have a special connection to waterhole linked to moon and tides
- Creation story shares memory of volcanic eruption, speaks of how lava created Gugu Badhun country. Around 7,000 years ago
- Ngaro Dreaming story speaks of how the Great Barrier Reef was created. Around 10,000 years ago
- Ngaro People of Whitsundays use canoes to travel and trade between islands, hunt large marine animals. Around 7,000 years ago
- Darumbal People use canoes to travel around what is now the Great Barrier Reef. Around 5,500 years ago
- Region now known as Australian Capital Territory
- Region now known as Victoria
- Mungo Man receives ritual burial. Around 42,000 years ago
- Biami creation story guides Yorta Yorta people and culture
- Cadell Fault and Great Flood story (Dungula wala) intersection of geological and Yorta Yorta oral histories. Around 30,000 years ago
- The duck hawk naika bitjina whistle highlights connection to land and animals
- Yorta Yorta at the cutting edge of stone tool technology. Around 12,000 years ago
- How the Yorta Yorta avoided transitioning to farming
- A powerful mulla-mullung uses cave for medicine practice. Around 12,000 years ago
- Bogong moths a diet staple for the GunaiKurnai People
- GunaiKurnai People see lunar eclipse as a spiritual warning
- GunaiKurnai lesson of the warrior and the emu live in the night sky
- Brightest star in sky an important reminder for GunaiKurnai People
- GunaiKurnai story about sea level rise holds important message about following law. Around 14,000 years ago
- Naarm, Mebourne's Port Phillip Bay, was a dry hunting ground before the time of chaos when seas rose. Around 10,000 years ago
- Wurundjeri People have knowledge of a time when Naarm, Melbourne's Port Phillip Bay, was dry land. Around 10,000 years ago
- Boonwurrung women follow important walking track along bay to meeting place
- Boonwurrung People observe six seasons
- Boonwurrung story of old man emu passes down important knowledge about different laws for men and women
- Possum skin cloaks worn for thousands of years tell stories about a person's identity. At least 400 years ago
- Eruption of Budj Bim volcano is passed down in Gunditjmara creation story. Around 37,000 years ago
- Gunditjmara People built complex eel trap system at Budj Bim. Around 6,500 years ago
- Gunditjmara construct villages of stone huts to seek shelter from harsh weather. Around 6,500 years ago
- Gunditjmara People pass down story of tsunami after volcanic eruption. Around 5,000 years ago
- Gunditjmara People use ancient burning practices to prevent bushfires, encourage new growth
- Message sticks provide important communication tool with other mobs
- Region now known as Tasmania
- New islands occupied as land bridge connects the mainland with Lutruwita. Around 35,000 years ago
- Palawa of Lutruwita abandon parts of their Country as ice and glaciers melt. Around 12,000 years ago
- People stop living at island in Tayaritja, Bass Strait. Around 4,500 years ago
- Lutruwita expands as climate cools. About 21,000 years ago
- People live amongst glaciers in Lutruwita during peak of ice age. Around 22,000 years ago
- Creation story speaks of how Palawa people came from stars
- Region now known as South Australia
- Ngaiwang People mark flood of Murray River each year with camps. Around 18,500 years ago
- Burial ground preserves insight into spiritual burial practices. Around 8,000 years ago
- Ngaiwang People use sophisticated methods to hunt birds. Around 10,000 years ago
- Seven Sisters constellation and Wirangu songline connected by stories across the continent
- Mankarra Kari (Seven Sisters) story connects many tribes
- Sacred water sources central to Arabana culture at Kati Thanda
- Kati Thanda creation story considered sacred to Arabana people
- Region now known as Western Australia
- Isolated cave system off WA south coast holds ancient Aboriginal history. Around 13,000 years ago
- Wudjari songlines help people manage the land and maintain freshwater resources on huge journeys
- Nyoongar creation story begins when world is dark and featureless, people are chosen to be carers of everything
- Ancient Nyoongar kinship systems key to maintaining social order and law
- Old wisdom helps Nyoongar People survive ice age. Around 22,000 years ago
- Nyoongar stories speak of time when people could walk out to place across water where spirits are. Around 9,000 years ago
- Nyoongar totems maintain connection with the past and responsibilities for the future
- Seven Sisters story is written into the stars and Nyoongar marriage law
- Nyoongar people have six seasons guided by changes in the environment
- People leave traces of life in remote island cave before coast submerged. Around 50,000 years ago
- Knives and beads left behind in remote cave off coast. Around 40,000 years ago
- Stone huts dated to just after last ice age are left behind on island that was once part of the mainland. Around 8,000 years ago
- Murujuga stories go back to the beginning of time
- 50,000-year-old Murujuga rock art gallery shows continuous connection to Country. Around 50,000 years ago
- World's largest collection of rock art at Murujuga depicts continuing culture over tens of thousands of years. Around 50,000 years ago
- At Murujuga, the emu in the stars helps guide life on the land
- Keepers of knowledge hold special powers to make rain, increase food and care for country
- Grinding stones and stone tools
- Ngarda-Ngarli skin groups teach rules of life
- Murujuga songlines connect people to places far and beyond
- Half of Murujuga songline lies at bottom of ocean. Around 9,000 years ago
- Murujuga rock art depicts life as sea level rise changes desert to coast. Around 9,000 years ago
- Songlines pass on stories of megafauna that roamed thousands of years ago
- Man-made stone walls at Murujuga used for trapping fish and growing crops
- Pearl shells traded across continent, more valuable than pearl itself. Around 4,500 years ago
- Yindjibarndi creation story speaks of sky god lifting Earth out of the sea and creating people to care for the land
- Yindjibarndi People use panning technique called yandying in traditional paste-making process
- Goolarabaloo songline passes down story of water creation and connection to east coast
- Goolarabooloo people share connection with ancient dinosaur tracks, footprints of Marella
- Region now known as Northern Territory
- Warlpiri rainmaker knowledge carried on through ancient lineage
- Belts made from hair used in ceremony and trade
- Warlpiri and Alyawarr peoples pass down tool craftsmanship and trade for thousands of years
- Wardaman story speaks of when the land was bare, before Buwarraja created everything
- Moon and tides is part of important Wardaman law
- Wardaman people look to Lightning Brothers for big rain on dry country. Around 3,000 years ago
- Life and law written into stars for Wardaman People, among world's early astronomers
- Wardaman songlines written into stars connect groups thousands of kilometres away
- Wardaman seasonal calendar written into stories and stars
- Madjedbebe rock shelter provides earliest evidence of humans in Australia. Around 65,000 years ago
- People in Arnhem Land make stencil of whole bird in ancient gallery. Around 9,000 years ago
- People from Top End trade with Macassans, long before arrival of Europeans. Around 400 years ago
- Burarra fish-trapping skills are passed down to particular clan groups
- Yolŋu creation story speaks of law, how the seas rose. Around 9,000 years ago
- Venus is named Bunumbirr by Yolŋu People who hold ceremonies when the morning star rises
- Yolŋu People's deep understanding of moon and tides is written into song
- Yolŋu People sing song about a large cat called Marwurrumburr
- Rock art documents first observations of European ships. Around 300 years ago
- Yolŋgu People make special instrument named mandapul or yidaki, known around world as didgeridoo
- Yanyuwa hunting practices guided by traditional law
- Region now known as Zenadth Kes (or Torres Strait Islands in Queensland)
Land mass 25,000 years ago
Lowest sea-level since human occupation