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Aboriginal people would have lived here too.
土著人可能生活在这里。
Hunting the wildlife in areas that are now deep underwater.
在这片目前是大海深处的原始森林里打猎。
Then the end of last ice age, ice of the poles melted and sea levels rose all around the round flooding this lowline coast.
到冰河世纪的末期，两级的冰川开始融化，海平面开始上升，大量水涌入这片低洼的海岸。
This happened nearly 10,000 years ago.
这仅仅发生在1万年前。
In fact, stories of the great flood still pass down in aboriginal culture.
实际上大洪水的传说在土著文化中代代相传。
As the sea rose, corals began to grow on the Rockey frenches of the continental shelf creating the Great Barrier Reef we see today.
随着海平面上升，珊瑚开始在大陆架的岩石上生长，造就了今天这壮观的大堡礁。
The shallow tropical waters are clear and warm.
这片热带浅海干净温暖。
Perfect conditions for corals to thrive.
极适合珊瑚虫生活。
Sheltered behind this long straight of reef, Alagoon was born.
这条礁石维持一个环礁湖。
An area protected water larger in size than the whole of Great Britain.
围起来的水域面积比整个英国都大。
And a new coastal line too which shallows Sandy waters.
一条海岸线形成，伴着浅沙水域。
The rising sea also cut a various of high ground creating the 600 islands that adopt the Agoon.
上升的海岸线分割开高地，形成了散布于环礁湖内的600个小岛。
