The first Europeans to settle in Australia landed at Port Jackson (the present site of Sydney) on the 26th of January 1788. This settlement started of as a penal colony.
the aborigines have been native to Australia for approximately 90,000 years
About 40,000 years.
The term "aborigine" means "original inhabitant". Aborigines are the original inhabitants of Australia and have been there for some 50,000 years The term "aborigine" means "native" or "original inhabitant". Aboriginies have lived in Australia for approxamately 50 000 years (Aborigines are the original inhabitants of Australia)
the Aborigines native people of Australia. they have lived in Australia for at least 50,000 and possibly as long as 65,000 years!
There is evidence of human habitation in Australia for the last 40,000 years. Probably, Aborigines have inhabited Australia for around 50,000 years.
Aborigines have been in Australia for anowhere between 5000 and 40000 years.
It is not known how many thousands of years numbats have lived in Australia, but they are believed to have been here since before even the Aborigines arrived.
The correct term is "Aborigines". "Aboriginal" is an adjective. Australian Aborigines are as old as any other human being. If you want to know how long they've been in Australia for, about 40,000 years.
Yes, the long-nosed bandicoot is native to Australia.
No, the Aborigines were the first people in Australia, and they were originally from the Indian subcontinent. The first known Asians to have contact with the Australian continent (long before any European explorers) were the Macassans, from modern-day Indonesia. It has been speculated that the Chinese may have been in contact with the Aborigines before the continent was settled by Europeans, but there is little, if any, evidence to support this.
Aboriginals have been native to Australia for as long as the continent has been separated from the Asian mainland. Before that they came from Asia.
* Long-beak echidna - native to New Guinea * Short beak echidna - native to Australia * Platypus - native to Australia
The Aboriginal people never did invade Australia, The British people did. Aboriginal people roamed Australia long before the British/white people did. (:
Aboriginal people are believed to have inhabited Australia for at least 60,000 years. They are considered to have one of the oldest continuous cultures on Earth.