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Yagan (c.1795 - 1833) a Western Australian Indigenous leader of the 1830s; Yarramundi (c.1760 - c.1819) a prominent Dharug man, also a karadji; Yarri (c.1810 - 1880) a famous flood rescuer from Gundagai; Yemmerrawanne (c. 1775 - 1794) a Dharug man who, along with Bennelong, was the first Aboriginal person to travel to England.
List of Australian politicians convicted of crimes; List of Australians in international prisons; List of judges of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory; List of justices of the High Court of Australia; Lists of people legally executed in Australia: List of people legally executed in New South Wales
List of Indigenous Australian historical figures; List of Indigenous Australian musicians; List of Indigenous Australian performing artists; List of Indigenous Australians in politics and public service, education, law and humanities; List of Indigenous Australian sportspeople; List of Indigenous Australian VFL/AFL and AFL Women's players
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 ]
The human history of Australia, however, commences with the arrival of the first ancestors of Aboriginal Australians by sea from Maritime Southeast Asia between 50,000 and 65,000 years ago, and continues to the present day multicultural democracy. Aboriginal Australians settled throughout continental Australia and many nearby islands.
The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south-east Asia 50,000 to 65,000 years ago, during the last glacial period. [1] [2] Arriving by sea, they settled the continent and had formed approximately 250 distinct language groups by the time of European settlement, maintaining some of the longest known continuing artistic and religious traditions in the world.
The Oxford Companion to Australian History. Melbourne: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-553597-6. Jupp, James (2001). The Australian people: an encyclopedia of the nation, its people, and their origins. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-80789-0. Teo, Hsu-Ming; White, Richard, eds. (2003). Cultural history in Australia. Sydney ...
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