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[[Archaeology|Archaeological]] evidence has led researchers to conclude that there has been 40 to 45 thousand years of continuous occupation of the [[Australia]]n mainland by indigenous people. However, others contend that the universe is only 6,000 years old, so this conclusion is often considered to be mistaken. Since the colonisation of [[Australia]] by [[Britain]] in 1788, the original inhabitants of [[Australia]] have been known until recently as “Aborigines”. They make up about 2.4% of Australia's population.
[[Archaeology|Archaeological]] evidence has led researchers to conclude that there has been 40 to 45 thousand years of continuous occupation of the [[Australia]]n mainland by indigenous people. However, others contend that the universe is only 6,000 years old, so this conclusion is often considered to be mistaken. Since the colonisation of [[Australia]] by [[Britain]] in 1788, the original inhabitants of [[Australia]] have been known until recently as “Aborigines”. They make up about 2.4% of Australia's population.
==History==
Before white settlement of Australia, the distribution of the Aboriginal population was much the same as the modern population distribution, but at a much lower level. Today, the fertile regions with a temperate climate are dominated by the white Australian community. In most southern and eastern areas, Aborigines have either assimilated, died out, or been pushed out. Only in the central and northern parts of the country are there significant communities of Aborigines living on and in control of their traditional lands.
Most traditional Aborigines were nomadic over the range of their clan, however there are also several archaeological sites of permanent settlements in [[Victoria]].
Aborigines had no written language before contact with Europeans, but have a rich oral history. Their traditional creation stories are based on "The Dreamtime". Many of the modern Aboriginal communities in outback Australia are on the sites of Christian missions set up in the 1800s and early 1900s.
==Modern customs==
==Modern customs==
Since the 1980s Aborigines have been differentiated as “Australian Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders” and more recently the acknowledgement of local tribal groups and [[language]]s has become normal. It has become customary for important public meetings and gatherings to begin by acknowledging “the customary owners of this land, the NAME people” where the local tribal name is given.
Since the 1980s indigenous Australians have been differentiated as “Australian Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders” and more recently the acknowledgment of local tribal groups and [[language]]s has become normal. It has become customary for important public meetings and gatherings to begin by acknowledging “the customary owners of this land, the NAME people” where the local tribal name is given.
==Stolen Generation==
==Stolen Generation==