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→History: Added question over aboriginal colonziation of Australia.
==History==
==History==
It is unknown how the Aborigines came to Australia. The only realistic case is that they came over the sea from Indonesia; however, this would mean that they had vastly superior boat building skills compared to the rest of the world at that time (as strong boats would be needed to ferry whole families across the rough sea around Australia). Also, it would appear that, once they reached Australia, they immediately forgot their theoretical boat building skills and never went far out to sea again. We are still unsure as to how Australia was populated.
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.
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.