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

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 …

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 …

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 …

May 17, 2018 · Australian Aborigines, the original inhabitants of the continent of Australia, took up residence there at least 40,000 years before Europeans landed at Botany Bay in 1788. In …

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 …

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 …

Australia’s Indigenous peoples are two distinct cultural groups made up of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. But there is great diversity within these two broadly described groups …

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 …

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 …