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Indigenous Australians
Indigenous Australians are the original inhabitants of the Australian continent and nearby islands, and these peoples' descendants. Indigenous Australians are distinguished as either Aboriginal people or Torres Strait Islanders, who currently together make up about 2.6% of Australia's population....
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Koori
The Koori (also spelled Koorie) are the indigenous Australians that traditionally occupied modern day New South Wales and Victoria.
Many indigenous Australians object to the use of the terms 'Aborigine' and 'Aboriginal', as terms which had been...
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Torres Strait Islanders
Torres Strait Islanders are the indigenous people of the Torres Strait Islands, part of Queensland, Australia. They are culturally akin to the coastal peoples of Papua New Guinea. They are regarded as being distinct from other Aboriginal peoples of...
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Yolngu
The Yolngu (or Yolŋu) IPA: [ˈjoːlŋʊ] are an Indigenous Australian people inhabiting north-eastern Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of Australia. Yolngu means “person” in the Yolŋu languages.
The complete system of Yolngu Law is known as the...
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Pitjantjatjara
Pitjantjatjara (pronounced [ˈpɪɟaɲɟaɟaɾa]) is the name of both an Aboriginal people of the Central Australian desert, and their language (for which see Pitjantjatjara language). They are closely related to the Yankunytjatjara and Ngaanyatjarra and...
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Arrernte people
The Arrernte people are a group of people that traditionally live in the Arrernte lands of Central Australia. Some Arrernte people live in other areas a distance from their homeland, and may even live in Sydney, Melbourne or overseas.
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