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The Australian Aboriginal flag was designed in 1971 by Harold Thomas, an Aboriginal artist who is descended from the Luritja people of Central Australia. In 1972, the Aboriginal Tent Embassy was established on the steps of Old Parliament House in Canberra , the Australian capital, to demand sovereignty for the Aboriginal Australian peoples. [ 240 ]
Eddie Mabo (1936 - 1992) an iconic Indigenous Australian man from the Torres Strait Islands known for successfully championing Indigenous land rights into Australian law. Joe McGinness (1914 - 2003) a Larrakia and Kungarakany man and Aboriginal rights activist; Val McGinness (1910 - 1988) a Larrakia and Kungarakany man and Aboriginal rights ...
The ancestors of present-day Aboriginal Australian people migrated from Southeast Asia by sea during the Pleistocene epoch, making them among the first in the world to have completed sea voyages. [14] They lived over large sections of the Australian continental shelf when the sea levels were lower.
The growth of the Swan River Colony in the 1830s led to conflict with Aboriginal people, culminating in the Pinjarra massacre in which some 15 to 30 Aboriginal people were killed. [169] [170] According to Neville Green, 30 settlers and 121 Aboriginal people died in violent conflict in Western Australia between 1826 and 1852. [171]
Australian Aboriginal English (AAE) is a dialect of Australian English used by a large section of the Indigenous Australian (Aboriginal Australian and Torres Strait Islander) population. Australian Kriol is an English-based creole language that developed from a pidgin used in the early days of European colonisation.
The week is intended to celebrate the history and culture of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia, and foster reconciliation discussion and activities. [citation needed] The day before the start of the week, 26 May, is National Sorry Day, first held in Sydney in 1998 and now commemorated annually to honour the Stolen ...
The Gweagal were also known as the "Fire Clan". They are said to be the first people to make contact with Captain Cook.The artist Sydney Parkinson, one of the Endeavour's crew members, wrote in his journal that the indigenous people threatened them shouting words he transcribed as warra warra wai, which he glossed to signify 'Go away'.
In 1938, over 100 Aboriginal people protested one of the first Australia Day celebrations by gathering for an "Aborigines Conference" in Sydney and marking the day as the "Day of Protest and Mourning"; [175] the day is now often referred to as "Survival Day" or "Invasion Day" by Indigenous peoples.