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The first settlers to Australia were arrivals from Malaysia some 40 to 50 thousand years ago. At the time sea levels were lower and crossing the various straits was easier. These original settlers faced the problems of identifying the food resources of the new land and the acclimatization to new living conditions.

As sea levels rose at the end of the ice age the colonists were increasingly isolated from their origins.

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