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    The document summarizes an Aboriginal flood story from Western Australia. It describes how the white and black races once lived together in harmony until the whites felt superior and separated. Heavy rains then caused the river to flood, forcing the blacks inland while the whites disappeared. The flood story shares some similarities with biblical flood accounts, like rains lasting many days and sinful humans being wiped out while the righteous survived. However, it differed in not involving an ark, being only a local flood, and lacking animals or a single family surviving.

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    The document summarizes an Aboriginal flood story from Western Australia. It describes how the white and black races once lived together in harmony until the whites felt superior and separated. Heavy rains then caused the river to flood, forcing the blacks inland while the whites disappeared. The flood story shares some similarities with biblical flood accounts, like rains lasting many days and sinful humans being wiped out while the righteous survived. However, it differed in not involving an ark, being only a local flood, and lacking animals or a single family surviving.

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    The document summarizes an Aboriginal flood story from Western Australia. It describes how the white and black races once lived together in harmony until the whites felt superior and separated. Heavy rains then caused the river to flood, forcing the blacks inland while the whites disappeared. The flood story shares some similarities with biblical flood accounts, like rains lasting many days and sinful humans being wiped out while the righteous survived. However, it differed in not involving an ark, being only a local flood, and lacking animals or a single family surviving.

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    The document summarizes an Aboriginal flood story from Western Australia. It describes how the white and black races once lived together in harmony until the whites felt superior and separated. Heavy rains then caused the river to flood, forcing the blacks inland while the whites disappeared. The flood story shares some similarities with biblical flood accounts, like rains lasting many days and sinful humans being wiped out while the righteous survived. However, it differed in not involving an ark, being only a local flood, and lacking animals or a single family surviving.

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    The Western

    Australian flood
    By: Isaiah Gadsden

    What Happened?
    Two races, white and black, were on friendly terms and did most things
    together such as feasting. The whites felt that they were more superior
    because they had better weapons, so they broke off all relations with the
    blacks. Some time later it rained for many months and the overflowing river
    forced the blacks to their hinterland. Once the rain stopped and the river
    receded the whites were gone.

    historical and cultural overview of


    western Australians

    Western Australia is astateoccupying the entire western third ofAustralia.


    The first European visitor to Western Australia was the Dutch explorerDirk
    Hartog, who visited the Western Australian coast in 1616.

    The western Australianas were people who believed in equality of


    everybody. They respected all of the creatures and humans that they lived
    with and nobody was discriminated.

    How is this flood similar to the


    Hebrew flood?

    In both flood stories it rained for at least forty days

    Everything started out peacefully until men became corrupted

    The flood was caused because of the sinning of humans

    A group of people lived after the flood

    The people who lived were the ones who did good

    How is this flood similar to the


    Babylonian flood?

    The flood started because men were sinning

    Flood was to kill all men except for the men who werent corrupted

    One group lived after the flood

    The group who lived werent corrupted like the other men

    Both groups who lived tried to get away from the flood when the flood started

    Differences

    There was no ship

    The flood wasnt global

    There were no animals

    A group of people lived rather than


    one family

    There was no godhead

    archetypical traits of the western


    Australian flood

    The western Australian Flood started out as a way to destroy the people who were sinning

    A group of people lived

    None of the sinners lived

    Only the people who did good lived through the flood

    Since they made an attempt to get away from the flood they lived

    how flood accounts reflect the


    cultural values of Australians

    The majority of the western Australian population believed in equality. They thought that
    every human was equal and all of nature was equal as well.

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