Australia’s Indigenous Population May Have Been Far Larger Before Colonization Than Historians Thought

Australia’s Indigenous population has a history stretching back tens of thousands of years, shaped by deep cultural traditions, diverse communities, and close connections to the land. Credit: ...
The Conversation

Distance, dispassion and the remaking of Australian History

Anna Clark could have titled her book “Remaking Australian History”, for that is its narrative arc. She celebrates a change in the stories Australians can tell of their nation: from a heroic tale of ...
Ancient Origins

More than 2 million Indigenous people lived in Australia in 1788: new figures

More than two million Indigenous people probably lived in Australia at the time of the British invasion in 1788, according to ...
Phys.org

Ancient mud reveals Australia's burning history over the past 130,000 years—and a way forward in current fire crisis

Increased land management by Aboriginal people in southeastern Australia around 6,000 years ago cut forest shrub cover in half, according to our new study published in Science of fossil pollen trapped ...
Australian Geographic

Defining Moments in Australian History: The origins of Aussie rules

In the winter of 1858, students from Victoria’s Scotch College and Church of England Grammar School (later Melbourne Grammar) ...
Smithsonian Magazine

The Search for Aboriginal History Off the Coast of Australia

Archaeologists exploring the waters near Western Australia’s Murujuga are finding ancient sites a short dive below the sea’s surface Clare Watson, Hakai Magazine Archaeologists exploring the submerged ...
Time

What to Know About the History Behind Australia Day

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