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Prior to white settlement, it is estimated that there were 600-700 aboriginal tribes in Australia, for a population of anywhere between 750000 and one million indigenous Australians. Not all of these were recorded, but a list of the known aboriginal tribes can be found at the related link below.
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How many tribes did the aborigines have?
When the white people came to Australia in the 1780s, there were between 500 and 700 different aboriginal groups.
What year did the aborigines invade Australia?
The Aboriginal people never did invade Australia, The British people did. Aboriginal people roamed Australia long before the British/white people did. (:
Did Aboriginal people have democracy before the white settlement?
The aboriginal way of life did not include democracy in the sense that white man's society understands it. Aboriginal life was very patriarchal, with no room for democratic vote regarding the chiefs and elders of the tribes.
What dose aboriginal mean?
Aboriginal does not really mean anything. The Aborigines are a people indigenous to Australia, they inhabited the land far before the white settlers moved there and are now a protected culture.
What is the life expectantcy in Australia?
better than 81.4 years if you are white. Aboriginal people generally live up to twenty years less than non aboriginal Australians. their life expectancy is so low because Aboriginal health standards in Australia are now so bad that 45% of Aboriginal men and 34% of women die before the age of 45. 71% die before they reach the age of 65.
Why were Aboriginal children taken from their family?
Because Australia wanted an all white country? and maybe because the Aboriginal children were half-casts (half casts mean they have white in them- half aboriginal half white)! they were taken to missions (prison schools)
How did the aboriginal act 1910 affect the people of Australia?
The aboriginal act of 1910 affected the people of Australia. They did this by lessening yet not completely removing the boundaries between the white and native people there.
How did the Aboriginal people lived before the white settlers came to Australia?
life for the aboriginal people was like; they were living with -freedom - disease free - peace - they each belonged to different tribes they followed and believed in different customs. -no sense of government and high power. when the british settled; -there freedom was taken away as they were brought into slavery and hard labor on the white peoples lands -they brought diseases from england which the native people were not immune to them there the cause of death and spread of new disease. -peace was taken away. -the british took over ownership of land and government was formed upon settlment.
How did the white Australia policy affect aboriginal australians or Tasmania aborigines?
It Kept Australia a basicaly European Christian culture until the present day.
What percent of the world is aboriginal Australian?
The percentage of people who identify themselves as white or Caucasian in Australia is 92 percent. The Asian population in Australia is 7 percent.
In the Rabbit Proof Fence why were Molly Daisy and Gracie taken away?
This was typical action during the twentieth century in Australia. Aboriginal children were often removed from their families for a number of reasons, some of which are listed below:Aborigines were not seen as capable of looking after their own children.The prevailing belief was that white Australians could offer Aboriginal children a better education.The authorities hoped to remove all races of Aboriginal culture by removing the aboriginal children from where they would continue to hear the stories and participate in the traditions of their tribes.
What people came before white people came?
native American tribes.
