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Did You Know?

  • Leaving around 70,000 years ago, Australian Aboriginal peoples were some of the first humans to migrate out of Africa.
  • Anthropologists recognize Australian Aboriginal peoples as possessing the longest continuing religion and art forms.
  • Less than 3 percent of Australia's population today is made up of Australian Aboriginal peoples.

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Aboriginal people of Galiwnku Island in Australia
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Australian Aboriginal people at a corroboree
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Australian Aboriginal warrior
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the Dreaming; cave painting, Northern Territory, Australia
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Find out how Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities are taking steps to reclaim and bury their ancestors' remains
Distinctive features of Australia's Indigenous languages
Take a tour of Cooktown in Australia and learn about the history and culture of the local Aboriginal people
Learn about efforts to preserve Australia's Aboriginal languages, especially Yawuru
Learn about Mabo Day, commemorating a historic court decision recognizing the land rights of Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islander peoples
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Key People

A.R. Radcliffe-Brown
British anthropologist
Géza Róheim
American ethnologist
Spencer, Sir Baldwin
Sir Baldwin Spencer
British anthropologist
W.E.H. Stanner
Australian anthropologist
Francis James Gillen
Australian anthropologist