The Great Flood

Fifteen thousand years ago, melting polar icecaps send 25% of Greater Australia under water. New Guinea and Tasmania are permanently severed. The isolation of Tasmania has profound consequences on diet, language and technology. As regular monsoons come to the north, cultural explosions in art and technology take off. In the Kimberley and Arnhem Land astounding art gives us a detailed insight into life 12,000 years ago. Boomerangs and spear-throwers are invented. As rising seas flood coastal plains, conflict and pitched battles appear in the art. Sydney harbour is formed creating a rich environment where permanent occupation develops.