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Print/export Download as PDF ... Timeline and periods ... The history of Indigenous Australians began 50,000 to 65,000 years ago when humans first populated the ...
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.
1948 - Australia becomes a signatory to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. 1949 - Indigenous Australians who are eligible to vote in State Elections in New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania are also given the right to vote in Federal Elections. 1949 - The Nationality and Citizenship Act is passed.
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.
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.
The study of Aboriginal history in Western Australia has been enhanced in recent years by people like Lois Tilbrook [13] who have started collecting information and records on key Aboriginal Families in WA. Due to the comprehensiveness of the records of the Department of Native Affairs, more is known about Aboriginal families than about most ...
Indigenous Australians first given right to enrol to vote in Northern Territory elections. [19] 1963. First time Indigenous Australians legally allowed to drink alcohol in New South Wales (30 March). [52] First Indigenous Australian to have a number one hit on the Australian music charts: Jimmy Little ("Royal Telephone").
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