There are several hundred Original people of Australia, many are groupings that existed before the British colonisation of Australia in 1788. Before Anglo-Europeans, the number was over 400.
Indigenous or groups will generally talk of their "people" and their "country". These countries are ethnographic areas, usually the size of an average European country, with around two hundred on the Australian continent at the time of White arrival.
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There are several hundred Original people of Australia, many are groupings that existed before the British colonisation of Australia in 1788. Before Anglo-Europeans, the number was over 400.
Indigenous or groups will generally talk of their "people" and their "country". These countries are ethnographic areas, usually the size of an average European country, with around two hundred on the Australian continent at the time of White arrival.
Within each country, people lived in clan groups – extended families defined by various forms of Australian Aboriginal kinship. Inter-clan contact was common, as was inter-country contact, but there were strict protocols around this contact.
The largest Sovereign Original language group people today are the Anangu Pitjantjatjara who live in the area around Uluru (Ayers Rock) and south into the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands in South Australia, while the second largest Aboriginal community are the Arrernte people who live in and around...
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