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In the 2021 census, people who self-identified on the census form as being of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander origin totalled 812,728 out of a total of 25,422,788 Australians, equating to 3.2% of Australia's population [53] and an increase of 163,557 people, or 25.2%, since the previous census in 2016. [52]
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Torres Strait Islander religion and mythology (historically) Related ethnic groups. Papuans, Melanesians. Indigenous Australians are people with familial heritage from, and/or recognised membership of, the various ethnic groups living within the territory of present day Australia prior to British colonisation. [ 3 ][ 4 ] They consist of two ...
Culture ofAustralia. Australian culture is of primarily Western origins, and is derived from its British, Indigenous and migrant components. Indigenous peoples arrived as early as 60,000 years ago, and evidence of Aboriginal art in Australia dates back at least 30,000 years. [1] The British colonisation of Australia began in 1788 and waves of ...
Uluru. Uluru (/ ˌuːləˈruː /; Pitjantjatjara: Uluṟu [ˈʊlʊɻʊ]), also known as Ayers Rock (/ ˈɛərz / AIRS) and officially gazetted as Uluru / Ayers Rock, [1] is a large sandstone monolith. It outcrops near the centre of Australia in the southern part of the Northern Territory, 335 km (208 mi) south-west of Alice Springs.
A picture of the last four Tasmanian Aboriginal people of solely Aboriginal descent c. 1860s. Truganini, the last to survive, is seated at far right.. The Aboriginal Tasmanians (Palawa kani: Palawa or Pakana [4]) are [5] the Aboriginal people of the Australian island of Tasmania, located south of the mainland.
Photography in Australia. Photograph of Dr William Bland, taken by George Baron Goodman, 1845. Photography in Australia started in the 1840s. The first photograph taken in Australia, a daguerreotype of Bridge Street, Sydney, was taken in 1841. In the early 20th century, Australian photography was heavily influenced by the Pictorialist approach.
Māori Australians. Māori Australians (Māori: ngā tangata Māori i Ahitereiria) are Australians of Māori heritage. The Māori presence in Australia dates back to the 19th century when Māori travelled to Sydney to trade, acquire new technology, and learn new ideas. The Māori population in Australia remained marginal until the 1960s.