It is estimated that there were between 500 and 600 Aboriginal groups and different languages around the time the first European settlers arrived.
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At the time of the First Fleet in Australia, there were estimated to be between 600 and 700 aboriginal tribes in Australia. Not all of these tribes are represented in modern times. More details, including a map of the lands occupied by the original tribes in Australia, can be found at the related link below.
Wrong country.. you're thinking of Australia.
It was the hunting area of the Watha wurrung.
Maya, Incan, Aztecs
Dikota,lotoka,pellow
Not as in the American Indians. Australia's indigenous inhabitants are the dark-skinned Aboriginal people who lived in tribal groups throughout the continent.
The only two groups that are distinctly different in Australia's culture would be the indigenous aboriginal population and the immigrant's. the immigrant's of course have a multitude of different cultures them selves.
When the white people came to Australia in the 1780s, there were between 500 and 700 different aboriginal groups.
The term "Aboriginal peoples" refers to the diverse groups of Indigenous peoples who are the original inhabitants of a particular region, most notably in countries like Canada and Australia. In Canada, it encompasses First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples, while in Australia, it includes Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. These groups have distinct cultures, languages, and histories that precede colonial settlement.
Altogether there were about 600 'tribes' or groups of aboriginal australians before 1788
Before contact with Europeans they made most of their medicine from plants and animals. They traded with other Aboriginal groups and that trade would have certainly included items used as medicine but most would be sourced locally.