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  1. Aboriginal Australians - Wikipedia

    Aboriginal identity has changed over time and place, with family lineage, self-identification, and community acceptance all of varying importance.

  2. Australian Aboriginal peoples | History, Facts, & Culture - Britannica

    Survey of the history, society, and culture of the Australian Aboriginal peoples, who are one of the two distinct Indigenous cultural groups of Australia. It is generally held that they originally came from Asia …

  3. Why Aboriginal Australians are still fighting for recognition

    Aboriginal Australians are all related to a common group of ancestors who emerged on the mainland more than 50,000 years ago. Centuries after British colonization ravaged their population, these...

  4. First Peoples of Australia | AIATSIS corporate website

    Australia is made up of many different and distinct Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander groups, each with their own culture, language, beliefs and practices.

  5. A Brief History of Aboriginal Australia: The World’s Oldest Culture

    Jan 18, 2025 · From the times of the last Ice Age, when sea levels rose and virtually plunged Aboriginal peoples into a state of complete isolation, to the great upheaval caused by colonialism, Aboriginal …

  6. Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples

    Jul 7, 2025 · Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia have the oldest continuing cultures in the world. Indigenous Australians have lived here for at least 60,000 years! Let’s explore …

  7. ABORIGINAL Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    Dec 7, 2016 · The meaning of ABORIGINAL is being the first or earliest known of its kind present in a region : indigenous, native. How to use aboriginal in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Aboriginal.

  8. History of Indigenous Australians - Wikipedia

    The history of Indigenous Australians began 50,000 to 65,000 years ago when humans first populated the Australian continent. [1][2][3][4] This article covers the history of Aboriginal Australian and Torres …

  9. Aboriginal History – History of Australia Online

    The Indigenous peoples of Australia comprise two distinct groups: Aboriginal peoples, who have inhabited the mainland and surrounding islands for more than 50,000 years, and Torres Strait …

  10. Australian Aboriginal peoples - Culture, Traditions, Beliefs | Britannica

    By the time of European settlement in 1788, Aboriginal peoples had occupied and utilized the entire continent and adapted successfully to a large range of ecological and climatic conditions, from wet …