From the students at O.H. Schultz Elementary School...

Hi Travelers!

We are thrilled to be part of this experience!

We would like to begin by thanking you all for helping us to learn more about Australia and the indigenous people who live there. We have been studying Native American culture during the last month.

While we have many questions about Australia, we realize that you guys will be very busy on your journey so we will be quite pleased if you are able to answer a few of them! While your group is traveling we will be working on an Australian art project of our own which we look forward to sharing with you when it is finished in January.

We will post comments and questions about Australia during the next few months. I'd like to start by asking one question related to indigenous Australian culture. We have learned that indigenous Americans developed many unique ways to use their environment to build dwellings, homes and lodges. We were wondering about pre-colonial indigenous Australian dwellings that existed prior to the 1700's. What were they like? Do they have special names?

Thanks again for helping us learn and we appreciate all of your efforts as you make plans for your bold and daring Australian adventure!

Cheers!

From the 5th Graders - Schultz Elementary School