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An Eastern Arrernte man of the Arltunga district, Northern Territory, in 1923.His hut is decked with porcupine grass. Dwellings accommodating Aboriginal families at Hermannsburg Mission, Northern Territory, 1923
There are a number of contemporary appropriate terms to use when referring to Indigenous peoples of Australia. In contrast to when settlers referred to them by various terms, in the 21st century there is consensus that it is important to respect the "preferences of individuals, families, or communities, and allow them to define what they are most comfortable with" when referring to Aboriginal ...
Australian Aboriginal culture includes a number of practices and ceremonies centered on a belief in the Dreamtime and other mythology.Reverence and respect for the land and oral traditions are emphasised.
The Queensland Aboriginals Protection and Restriction of the Sale of Opium Act of 1897 became a model for Indigenous legislation in Western Australia (1905), South Australia (1911), and the Northern Territory (1911), which gave the authorities power over anyone deemed "Aboriginal" in regards to placing them or their children in reserves ...
Aboriginal Australian identity, sometimes known as Aboriginality, is the perception of oneself as Aboriginal Australian, or the recognition by others of that identity.. Aboriginal Australians are one of two Indigenous Australian groups of peoples, the other being Torres Strait Isla
Anjea, fertility goddess or spirit, in whom people's souls reside between their incarnations; Gaiya, giant devil dingo of lower Cape York Peninsula; Dhakhan, ancestral god of the Kabi
The Aboriginals of Australia, the Māori of New Zealand and the native Polynesians of Hawaii, despite movements demanding more cultural recognition, greater economic and political considerations or even outright sovereignty, have remained minorities in countries where massive waves of migration have completely changed society. In short, Oceania ...
There is some evidence to show that people were living in the Maribyrnong River valley, near present-day Keilor, about 40,000 years ago, according to Gary Presland. [4]At the Keilor archaeological site a human hearth excavated in 1971 was radiocarbon-dated to about 31,000 years BP, making Keilor one of the earliest sites of human habitation in Australia. [5]