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Aboriginal Australians are legally defined as people who are members "of the Aboriginal race of Australia" (indigenous to mainland Australia or to the island of Tasmania).[3][4][5][6]

Aboriginal Australians The Aboriginal Australian Flag
Total population
606,164 (2011)[1]
2.7% of Australia's population
Regions with significant populations
Northern Territory | 29.8%
Queensland | 4.2%
Western Australia | 3.8%
New South Wales | 2.9%
South Australia | 2.3%
Victoria | 0.85%
Languages
Several hundred Indigenous Australian languages, many no longer spoken, Australian English, Australian Aboriginal English, Kriol
Religion
Majority Christian (mainly Anglican and Catholic),[2] large minority no religious affiliation,[2] small numbers of other religions, various local indigenous religions grounded in Australian Aboriginal mythology
Related ethnic groups
see List of Indigenous Australian group names, Tasmanian Aboriginals

Aboriginal dwellings in Hermannsburg, Northern Territory, 1923. Image: Herbert Basedow

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Legal and administrative definitionsEdit

Aboriginal dancers in 1981

Arnhem Land artist at work

An Indigenous Australian playing the didgeridoo

A new definition was proposed in the Constitutional Section of the Department of Aboriginal Affairs' Report on a Review of the Administration of the Working Definition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders (Canberra, 1981):

An Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander is a person of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent who identifies as an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander and is accepted as such by the community in which he (she) lives.[7]

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More than 250 Australian Indigenous languages exist

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They were once counted as flora and fauna in the census

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they speak like a true aussie

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Indigenous Australians are the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of Australia, descended from groups that existed in Australia and surrounding islands prior to British colonisation. The time of arrival of the first Indigenous Australians is a matter of debate among researchers. The earliest definitely human remains found in Australia are those of Mungo Man LM3 and Mungo Lady, which have been dated to around 50,000 years BP.[2] Recent archaeological evidence from the analysis of charcoal and artifacts revealing human use suggests a date as early as 65,000 B.P.[3][4] Luminescence dating has suggested habitation in Arnhem Land as far back as 60,000 years BP.[5] Genetic research has inferred a date of habitation as early as 80,000 years BP. Other estimates have ranged up to 100,000 years[6]and 125,000 years ago.[7]

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Women are not allowed to play the didgeridoo. Only men can

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Dot paintings

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They were here first

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Today, Indigenous people make up 2.4 per cent of the total Australian population 

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Today, Indigenous people make up 2.4 per cent of the total Australian population 

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Body painting (ochre)
was and continues to be an important part of ceremonies and cultural practice for Indigenous peoples of Australia.

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Aboriginal Art

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theres over 500 different type of tribes

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theres over 500 different type of tribes

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Straya

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Some english words derive from Aboriginal languages like barramundi, dingo, kangaroo, koala and wombat.

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They have a cool burial ritual

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Uluru

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Bunarong tribe

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They have been here for more than 40000 years

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Been here for over 50,000 years

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- North Queensland is where Torres Straight islanders originate from

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There are over 500 tribes/clans of Aboriginals in Australia

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They have Dreamtime stories

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original aussies

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There are customs between the many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander groups.

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dont stand for the Australian anthem

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They have been living here for more than 40000 years

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Indigenous Australians are the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of Australia, descended from groups that existed in Australia and surrounding islands prior to British colonisation.

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Torres Strait islanders peoples

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I had a mate who’s dad was and still is the tribe elder of the Bun Wurrung tribe in victoria

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- They were the traditional owners of this land

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They have didgeridoos