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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]
He was the first Aboriginal person to be legally hanged in New South Wales. Jupiter Mosman (1861 - 1945) discoverer of gold at Charters Towers, with Jupiters Casino being named in his honour; Johnny Mullagh (1841 - 1891) an Aboriginal cricketer who was known for his remarkable performance in the 1868 Aborigine cricket team's tour of England.
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.
Scholars of ancient history believe that it would have been difficult for Aboriginal people to have originated purely from mainland Asia, as not enough people would have migrated to Australia and surrounding islands to fulfill the beginning of the size of the population seen in the 19th century.
Aboriginal life in the two centuries between 1629 and 1829 was characterized by the increased presence of Europeans around the Western Australian coastline. First contact appears to have been characterized by open trust and curiosity, with Aboriginal peoples willing to defend themselves against any unwarranted intrusion.
Pages in category "History of Indigenous Australians" The following 117 pages are in this category, out of 117 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Aboriginal history of Western Australia, Timeline of Aboriginal history of Western Australia, Aboriginal groupings of Western Australia need work List of Australian Aboriginal deities - see discussion; No mention of Racism in Indigenous Australians (cross ref Human rights in Australia) William Barak needs more in-text citations
Noel Beddoe's novel The Yalda Crossing [45] also explores Wiradjuri history from an early settler perspective, bringing to life a little-known massacre that occurred in the 1830s. [46] Andy Kissane's poem, "The Station Owner's Daughter, Narrandera" tells a story about the aftermath of that same massacre, [ 47 ] and was the inspiration for Alex ...