What was the name of the first Australians?

Answer 1

The first Australians were the indigenous people, known originally as the Australian Aborigines. DNA analysis indicates they originated from the Indian subcontinent thousands of years ago.

The first known Australians, excluding the indigenous people of Australia, were the convicts, officers and marines of the First Fleet. However, these people could not be said to be Australians, as they considered themselves British through and through. Whilst the continent received many visitors from other countries prior to British settlement, none of them stayed.

Among the British and other permanent settlers in Australia, the term Australian was not applied for decades. In the early years, those born in the country were called "currency lads and lasses". Australia as a country was not formed until 1901, so in effect, there were no Australian citizens until that time.

Answer 2

The indigenous Aborigines were the first to settle in Australia, but they did not "settle Australia" in the sense of building cities and actively seeking to trade with other nations.

The first people to officially settle Australia were convicts sent from Britain, and the officers sent to oversee the new colony. Governor Arthur Phillip was the first Governor of New South Wales (Australia).

Having said that, however, there is some evidence that the first unofficial European settlers were survivors of Dutch shipwrecks off the western coast of the continent, a region renowned for shipwrecks in the 1600s - again, they settled in Australia but did not settle Australia.

Answer 3

The Aborigines first inhabited Australia were also known as the aboriginal because they were the first original people in Australia. The aborigines (aboriginal) people were around 40,000 years before the European moved in they were said to have lived 60,000 years of breeding and growing up. The aborigines still live today on there private island and are extremely religious.

Answer 4

The first type of people to live in Australia were those now known as the Australian Aborigines. They originated from the Indian subcontinent.

If the question refers to the first Europeans, they were the convicts, marines and officers of the First Fleet.

Answer 5

The first humans that lived in Australia were the people now known as the Australian Aborigines. These people migrated to Australia from the Indian subcontinent many thousands of years ago.

Answer 6

We know than as Aboriginals, however they prefer to be called Indigenous Australians

Answer 7

The first people of Australia are known as the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. They are not simply "Aborigines".

Answer 8

aborigines