Aboriginal Perspectives Dialogue Education Indigenous Australians An Introduction

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Indigenous Australians are the original inhabitants of the Australian continent and nearby islands.

Between 1991 and 2006 the Indigenous population increased by 2. 6% per year on average, compared with 1. 2% for the total Australian population.

The Torres Strait Islanders are indigenous to the Torres Strait Islands, which are at the northern-most tip of Queensland near Papua New Guinea.

There is great diversity among different Indigenous communities and societies in Australia, each with its own unique mixture of cultures, customs and languages.

Although there were over 250– 300 spoken languages with 600 dialects at the start of European settlement, fewer than 200 of these remain in use – and all but 20 are considered to be endangered.

There were more than 250 languages spoken by Indigenous Australians prior to the arrival of Europeans.

The population of Indigenous Australians at the time of permanent European settlement has been estimated at between 318, 000 and 750, 000.

Though Indigenous Australians are seen as being broadly related as part of what has been called the Australoid race.

The word aboriginal was used in Australia to describe its Indigenous peoples as early as 1789.

The word has been in use in English since at least the 17 th century, to mean "first or earliest known, indigenous".

• The broad term Aboriginal Australians includes many regional groups that often identify under names from local Indigenous languages.

• Koori (or Koorie) in New South Wales and Victoria (Victorian Aborigines) • Ngunnawal in the Australian Capital Territory and surrounding areas of New South Wales • Murri in Queensland some parts of northern New South Wales • Murrdi in Southwest and Central Queensland

• • • Nyungar in southern Western Australia Yamatji in central Western Australia Wangai in the Western Australian Goldfields Nunga in southern South Australia Anangu in northern South Australia, and neighbouring parts of Western Australia and Northern Territory

Yapa in western central Northern Territory Yolngu in eastern Arnhem Land (NT) Tiwi on Tiwi Islands off Arnhem Land. Anindilyakwa on Groote Eylandt off Arnhem Land • Palawah (or Pallawah) in Tasmania. • •

It is estimated that, prior to the arrival of British settlers, the population of Indigenous Australians was approximately 318, 000– 750, 000 across the continent.

Torres Strait Islanders The Torres Strait Islanders possess a heritage and cultural history distinct from Aboriginal traditions.

Torres Strait Islanders Six percent of Indigenous Australians identify themselves fully as Torres Strait Islanders.

Torres Strait Islanders The Torres Strait Islands comprise over 100 islands which were annexed by Queensland in 1879.

Torres Strait Islanders Eddie Mabo was from Mer or Murray Island in the Torres Strait, which the famous Mabo decision of 1992 involved.

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