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Where in Australia did the Aboriginal people live before the arrival of the Europeans?
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∙ 7y ago
Not that we're aware of. Of course, we can never tell 100%, but to the best of our knowledge, the historical record shows that the first people in Australia were the aboriginal ancestors who travelled here at least 40,000 years ago. There's now some evidence that it may have been even earlier.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoAustralia was in inhabited by the people that we referred to as Australian Aboriginals. there is evidence that there was another race of people thousands of years before them.
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∙ 12y agoThe first people of Australia were semi-nomadic people who came to Australia from the Indian subcontinent. They are now known as the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.
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∙ 12y agoyes, Aboriginals
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What year did slavery in Canada start?
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What is Australia's oldest surviving culture?
Obviously, the indigenous Australians, or Aboriginal culture, is the oldest surviving culture in Australia. They were here long before the Europeans.
When did Australia have its own language?
The original Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people had their own language, long before Europeans ever stepped foot on the country. There were easily 250 or more aboriginal dialects in Australia.
Who descoverd kangaroo?
Aboriginal Australians lived in Australia with kangaroo's long before Europeans. Since the Aboriginal people kept no written history, we cannot narrow it down to a single person.
What claim did the aboriginal population of the swan river area have?
The Aboriginal people, like all people over Australia, have areas where they historically breside and have cultural connection, typically for thousands of years before European settlement. For Aboriginal people Australia is their country. The Aboriginal community has laws and customs governing their occupation and use of land throughout the Australia that predate European arrival.
Why didn't the Europeans know about aboriginal culture?
Quite simply, Europeans had never come across the aboriginal people before. Australia is a relatively young country, having only been discovered by Europeans in the 1600s, and neither the Portuguese nor the Dutch showed sufficient interest in the continent to take the time to get to know the people. The Europeans perceived themselves as superior to the aboriginal people.
Were there any people who lived in Australia before the first fleet?
Prior to the arrival of the First Fleet of convicts from England, Australia was inhabited by an ancient race of people now referred to as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.
Who lived in America before the arrival of Columbus and the Europeans?
Native Americans
Which empire was the largest in both Americas before the arrival of the europeans?
The Inca Empire.
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. (:
Where were the first Australians from?
Well before the Europeans invaded/landed on Australia in 1788, Australia was home to the Aboriginal people (although this is the name that Europeans gave to them). In their own language there is no one name for them. There were about 600 different tribes. DNA testing has indicated that the first Australian Aborigines most likely originated from the Indian subcontinent.
What is Aboriginal people?
Aboriginal people are people before colonization, normally called indigenous people. Term "Aboriginal" is normally applied to people who inhabited Australia before European colonization.
