Australia 7
Remember that I said certain pigs and deer got introduced in North Australia? Well,they multiplied and became prey for dingoes and crocodiles. And the locals developed a taste for them as well. Now both babirusa and warty pigs are herd animals with babirusa boars being solitary.But,they and the rusa deer proved vital in the development of a culture I'll call the Mungo People.
Now,the Mungo People practiced fire-stick farming like most Australian Aborigines. And they did it to promote growth of certain plants that they found desirable.These included the Peanut Tree(Kuman),Aniseed Myrtle,Bunya Nut,Bush Nut,Lemon Myrtle,Olive Tea Tree,Johnson's River Satinash,Weeping Paperbark,Desert Fig,Desert Lime and Finger Lime. Basically,silviculture. This attracted certain birds like the orange footed scrubfowl,Cape Barren Goose,King Quail and Buttonquail that were encouraged to stay and provide meat and feathers. In time,the Mungo People learned that cuttings of certain root vegetables would grow when transplanted. These included the Chocolate Lily,Vanilla Lily,Wild Violet,Lotus,Water Lily,Purple Yam,Air Potato,Pencil Yam,Bush and Bush Potato. All good forms of starch that helped to promote stability. If they could keep babirusa,rusa deer and warty pigs out that was! Managing these pests included weeding out the more aggressive which led to domestication. For numerous reasons: one was a reliable source of protein,prestige was another for the pigs were large and a third was due to religious. Babirusa boars fight and the young people,primarily men,but sometimes women sought to emulate them. Other domesticates included the mangrove monitor, spinytailed monitor and emerald tree monitor both for getting rid of bugs and for eating. Emus soon were domesticated as well. There was also a rodent,the Greater Stick Nested Rat which grew to the size of rabbits and were fairly tame, Now large rodents being domesticated wasn't unique. Outside of the Andeans domesticating the guinea pig,Romans domesticated the Edible Dormouse,West Africans farm cane rats and bamboo rats are being farmed in China. So,the idea is common. Other crops were Warrigal Greens,Sea Almonds and Water Spinach. Anyway, with agriculture under full swing the Mungo People sought out with the Baijini.
Arts= The Mungo People were famous for their bark paintings. To keep up with their herd,they began to mark them on unpainted bark,the symbols and pictures eventually forming a scrypt of sorts.
Architecture= They began to build a thatched roof,open air version of the longhouse common to that region. Stockades built initially to keep out babirusa,warty pigs and rusa deer were now used to keep them in and provide defense. For the Mungo People were defensive and sometimes paranoid.
Weaponry= Trade with Baijini gave them metal which they readily adopted. Bronze tipped darts gave their woomeras extra power and they adapted it to their clubs and boomerangs as well. Which did not bode well for the Outback.