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May 24, 2024 · It is generally held that Australian Aboriginal peoples originally came from Asia via insular Southeast Asia (now Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, East Timor, Indonesia, and the Philippines) and have been in Australia for at least 45,000–50,000 years.
The history of Indigenous Australians began at least 65,000 years ago when humans first populated the Australian continental landmasses. This article covers the history of Aboriginal Australian and Torres Strait Islander peoples, two broadly defined groups which each include other sub-groups defined by language and culture.
Sep 22, 2016 · DNA from native Australians has revealed evidence of ancient interbreeding with an unknown branch of humanity their ancestors encountered as they migrated out of Africa about 72,000 years ago.
Jun 29, 2015 · So, does research show that the first people to live in Australia were different from Aboriginal people? And is there disagreement among anthropologists on this question?
Jul 6, 2015 · The omission of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the nation's constitution in 1901 leads to more than a century of debate over how best to recognise Australia's Indigenous people.
Sep 21, 2016 · Our results show very clearly that Aboriginal Australian people living today are the descendants of the First People to enter Australia, who lived between 25,000 to 40,000 years ago.
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In February 1965, Charles Perkins and other students from the University of Sydney’s Student Action For Aborigines group led a 15-day bus journey across Northern NSW ‘to shine a light on the marginalisation of Aboriginal people in regional New South Wales’, known as the Freedom Ride.
