Name: 與地球上最古老文化共存 (澳洲原住民)！ (Living with the Oldest Culture on Earth (Indigenous Australians))
Uploaded: 2026-01-18T09:12:57.000Z
Duration: 12 min 37 s
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When you think of ancient civilizations, what comes to mind?

提到古代文明，你會想到什麼呢？

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The pharaohs of ancient Egypt building the pyramids almost 5,000 years ago?

像是埃及法老在將近 5,000 年前建造金字塔？

Or maybe the cradle of civilization in the Middle east dating back about 10,000 years ago.

又或者中東文明的搖籃，大約在 10,000 年前。

But what if I told you that the there was an ancient culture of people whose history dates back further than any other culture on earth and that that culture still exists today?

但如果我告訴你，有一個古老文化的人們，他們的歷史比地球上任何其他文化都還要悠久，而且這個文化至今仍然存在呢？

I'm talking about Indigenous Australians, also known as Aboriginals or First nations people.

我說的就是原住民，也就是我們熟知的 Aboriginals 或 First nations people。

It's estimated that this culture's origins date back further than 60,000 years, which means they've been around since the world looked like this.

據估計，這個文化的起源可以追溯到 60,000 年前，這表示他們存在於世界還長這樣的時候。

And if you think Australian animals today are dangerous, it's been confirmed that ancient Indigenous Australians lived alongside megafauna like this that are now long extinct.

如果你覺得現在的澳洲動物很危險，那可以確定的是，古代的原住民曾與現在早已滅絕的巨型動物一起生活。

Indigenous Australians have never had any form of written language, yet they have their own version of recorded history passed down for generations over tens of thousands of years in the forms of stories, art, songs and dance.

原住民從未有過任何形式的書面語言，但他們有自己的記錄歷史方式，透過故事、藝術、歌曲和舞蹈，代代相傳了數萬年。

Some of these stories to outsiders might just sound like fairy tales, but

對外人來說，其中一些故事聽起來可能只是童話，但

but they have later been confirmed by science to be factual events passed down through generations for centuries.

後來已被科學證實，是代代相傳了幾個世紀的事實事件。

These are just a few of the mind blowing facts from over 60,000 years of rich ancient history that is abundant in this culture.

這些只是這個文化中，超過 60,000 年豐富古代歷史裡，一些令人驚嘆的事實。

But what has now become one of the most crucial parts of their history is that over the course of 250 years, it was almost entirely erased.

但現在成為他們歷史中最關鍵的部分之一，是在 250 年間，這段歷史幾乎被完全抹去。

This is the story of the first nations people of Australia.

For the past few weeks, we've been traveling around Australia seeking adventures.

過去幾週，我們一直在澳洲各地旅行尋找冒險。

And one of the most important parts about exploring a new country is getting to know the culture that makes it unique from other countries.

探索一個新國家最重要的部分之一，就是去認識讓它獨一無二的文化。

However, for this episode, it won't just be our international team that will be learning more about the culture.

不過，這一集不只我們會更深入瞭解這個文化。

apart from the three years that I lived in la, I've hardly been anywhere outside of my home city.

除了在洛杉磯住過三年，我幾乎沒去過家鄉以外的地方。

And as it turns out, Australia is a pretty big place.

結果發現，澳洲是個很大的地方。

So to say that there's a lot I still have to learn about the country would be an understatement.

所以說我對這個國家還有很多要學的，絕對是輕描淡寫了。

Like many British colonised countries, Australia has a complicated relationship with our Indigenous people.

就像許多曾被英國殖民的國家一樣，澳洲與我們的原住民之間有著複雜的關係。

And as a white man educated through the Australian public school system, I only recently began to realise just how little I know about the Indigenous culture.

身為一個在澳洲公立學校體系受教育的白人，我最近才開始意識到自己對原住民文化有多麼不瞭解。

So this episode would give me the opportunity to learn more.

所以這一集將給我一個學習更多知識的機會。

We have gone on a bit of a road trip today, driven about four hours out to join the Budj Bim Indigenous Cultural Tour.

我們今天進行了一趟小小的公路旅行，開了大概四小時來到這裡，參加 Budj Bim 原住民文化之旅。

We're going to be walking around, around on country, learning about the Indigenous people that used to live on these lands thousands of years ago.

我們會走在土地上，瞭解數千年前居住在這片土地上的原住民。

So it'll be a lot to take in, Which is welcome, brothers and sisters, to Gundijmara, Kerep, Gundidj and Gilgarh, Gundidj country.

所以這會是很多東西需要吸收，歡迎，兄弟姐妹們，來到 Gundijmara、Kerep、Gundidj 和 Gilgarh，Gundidj 的土地。

Australia, being a similar geographic size to the United States, is home to hundreds of different Indigenous groups, each with their own distinct culture and traditions.

澳洲的地理面積與美國相似，是數百個不同原住民群體的家園，每個群體都有自己獨特的文化和傳統。

In fact, There are over 700 different languages and dialects from around the country.

事實上，全國有超過 700 種不同的語言和方言。

That's one of the things that's important about Aboriginal culture.

這就是原住民文化中很重要的一點。

Our history has always been passed down orally.

我們的歷史一直都是透過口述傳承的。

If you can go out and tell a story, you know, you can live forever.

如果你能走出去講一個故事，你知道，你就能永垂不朽。

Unfortunately, Indigenous Australians have experienced significant marginalisation and discrimination throughout much of Australia's history.

不幸的是，在澳洲歷史的大部分時間裡，原住民都經歷了嚴重的邊緣化和歧視。

In fact, it wasn't until 1967 that that indigenous Australians were even legally counted as part of the population.

事實上，直到 1967 年，原住民才在法律上被計入人口。

However, one of the most egregious acts perpetrated against Indigenous Australians is what is now referred to as the stolen generation.

然而，對原住民犯下的最令人髮指的行為之一，就是現在所稱的「被偷走的一代」。

The term stolen generation refers to a dark chapter in Australian history which took place between the late 1800s and the 1970s.

「被偷走的一代」這個詞指的是澳洲歷史上一個黑暗的篇章，發生在 1800 年代末到 1970 年代之間。

During this time, tens of thousands of Indigenous children around the country were forcibly removed from their families by the Australian government and placed into institutions like church missions or with white families.

在這段時間裡，全國有數萬名原住民兒童被澳洲政府強行從家人身邊帶走，並安置在教會傳教所或白人家庭等機構。

That's where the mission church was, just over here, where the cross is here?

這就是傳教教會所在的地方，就在這裡，十字架在這裡？

Yeah, just to the left of it a little bit.

For those who don't know what happened for those decades with missions popping up around the country and what the government was trying to do with Aboriginal children, basically.

對於那些不知道這幾十年來各地傳教所林立，以及政府對原住民兒童所做的嘗試的人來說，基本上是這樣的。

Is that something that happened here as well?

This is a breeding ground for a lot of that trauma from the stolen generation from, you know, the forced labour.

這裡就是許多「被偷走的一代」創傷的溫床，你知道的，像是強迫勞動。

People were working to provide for their families, but

they never got paid whilst they lived on the mission.

他們住在傳教所期間，從來沒有領到薪水。

The work that they did was only paid in rations, and that was flour, sugar, tea.

他們的工作只換來配給品，像是麵粉、糖和茶。

And so understanding that the work that they would do inside this gate here, it was not for themselves, it was not for each other, it was for the church.

所以要了解，他們在這裡的勞動，不是為了自己，也不是為了彼此，而是為了教會。

At these church missions, these stolen Indigenous children were forced to speak only English and had to believe in Christians, Christianity.

在這些教會傳教所裡，這些被偷走的原住民兒童被迫只能說英語，而且必須信仰基督教。

They were not allowed to speak their native language or about where they came from.

他們不被允許說自己的母語，也不能談論自己來自哪裡。

This was in an attempt to make them forget everything about Indigenous culture so that it would eventually cease to exist.

這是為了讓他們忘記所有關於原住民文化的一切，進而讓原住民文化最終消失。

When you came through that gate, when you came onto the mission, you know, you were punished.

你一踏進那個門，來到傳教所，你知道，你就會受到懲罰。

If you were caught teaching culture, speaking about culture, you'd be punished and your punishment was severe.

如果你被抓到教導文化、談論文化，你就會受到懲罰，而且懲罰很嚴厲。

It was, you know, you weren't fed, your children were taken off you, you know you were moved off to another mission, and

也就是說，你知道，你沒飯吃，你的孩子會被帶走，你知道你會被轉移到另一個傳教所，然後

so you didn't want that sort of punishment.

Most of these indigenous children were stolen so young that they had no idea where they came from.

大部分的這些原住民兒童都太小就被帶走了，他們根本不知道自己來自哪裡。

And they were severed from their true families for the rest of their lives.

他們的家人從此與他們永遠分離。

This is what we call the children's dorm.

If you were to disobey the rules of the mission manager, your children would be taken off you and placed in the children's dorm.

如果你違反傳教所管理員的規定，你的孩子就會被帶走，送到兒童宿舍。

A black car would come down that driveway, pick them up, take them to Ballarat, and they would.

一輛黑色的車會開下車道，載走他們，送到巴拉瑞特，然後他們就會。

You'd never see them for another 18 years.

你們可能要再過18年才會再見到他們。

See, my dad was taken as a young kid and part of the stolen generation.

你看，我爸爸小時候就被帶走了，是「被竊取的一代」的一份子。

To draw attention to the fact that we're talking one generation ago, that this was at the latest that this was happening.

這是要強調我們講的是幾十年前的事，這件事最晚就是在那時候發生的。

My dad was part of the Stalin generation too.

我爸爸也是「被竊取的一代」的一份子。

And, yeah, he was one of the first tour guides.

而且，對啊，他是第一批導遊之一。

So for him to come back and do that after being stolen from his culture at such a young age, you know, that speaks volumes to the person that he wanted to be and that he was able to become.

所以他這麼年輕就被剝奪了文化，之後還能回來做這件事，你知道，這真的能說明他想成為什麼樣的人，以及他最終成為了什麼樣的人。

Going forward, what do you want the message from this video to be?

接下來，你希望這支影片傳達什麼訊息？

And in terms of what we can continue to do, all of us, to move forward?

至於我們所有人，又能做些什麼來繼續往前邁進？

If you're trying, you know, that's one step.

如果你有在嘗試，你知道，這就是一步。

If you're not trying at all, you're sort of behind the eight ball.

如果你根本沒在嘗試，你就落後很多了。

So seek it out is exactly what we intended to do because me, Tommy and DEZ were about to travel to the other side of the country to immerse ourselves in a remote indigenous community called Jadingen.

所以「去尋找」正是我們的初衷，因為我、Tommy 和 DEZ 正要前往國家的另一端，深入一個叫做 Jadingen 的偏遠原住民社區。

We have officially arrived, Western Australia.

我們正式抵達了，西澳大利亞。

That rental car guy, didn't it still me with a lot of confidence.

那個租車的業務，他很有信心地跟我說。

He's like, you know what you're doing, right?

他說，你知道自己在做什麼，對吧？

I've never been anywhere like this kind of terrain before in Australia.

在澳洲，我從來沒去過這種地形的地方。