Indigenous Australians
Australia's original inhabitants
Indigenous Australians are the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples—the original inhabitants of the Australian continent and its surrounding islands, with continuous cultural traditions spanning at least 65,000 years.
The term encompasses hundreds of distinct nations and language groups.
Indigenous Australians have fought for land rights since colonization.
In Australian English, *Indigenous* is capitalized when referring to these peoples.
- DreamtimeAboriginal mythological creation era
- Stolen GenerationsRemoved Aboriginal children, historically
- red earthIron oxide-rich soil
- songlinesAboriginal sung navigation routes
- colonizationForeign territorial takeover
oral histories · mother tongue · elders · frontier wars · corroboree · bush medicine · kinship · ochre · land rights · boomerang · lore · education programs · initiation ceremonies · dot painting · tribal councils · urban communities · dispossession · reconciliation
Indigenous Australianssettlers
Those who establish homes
colonizers · European settlers · British settlers · immigrants · newcomers
Indigenous Australianscolonizers
Those who establish foreign control
British Empire · squatters · occupiers · invaders · pastoralists
Indigenous AustraliansAnglo-Australians
Australians with British ancestry
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