Australian Aboriginal peoples

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Aboriginal people of Galiwnku Island in Australia

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Find out how Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities are taking steps to reclaim and bury their ancestors' remains

Distinctive features of Australia's Indigenous languages

Australian Aboriginal people at a corroboree

Aboriginal warrior

Australian Aboriginal warrior

the Dreaming; cave painting, Northern Territory, Australia

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Aboriginal people of Galiwnku Island in Australia

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Leaving around 70,000 years ago, Australian Aboriginal peoples were some of the first humans to migrate out of Africa.
Anthropologists recognize Australian Aboriginal peoples as possessing the longest continuing religion and art forms.
Less than 3 percent of Australia's population today is made up of Australian Aboriginal peoples.

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Aboriginal people of Galiwnku Island in Australia

fish-trapping fence

Australian Aboriginal people at a corroboree

Aboriginal warrior

Australian Aboriginal warrior

the Dreaming; cave painting, Northern Territory, Australia

playing a didjeridu

Find out how Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities are taking steps to reclaim and bury their ancestors' remains

Distinctive features of Australia's Indigenous languages

Take a tour of Cooktown in Australia and learn about the history and culture of the local Aboriginal people

Learn about efforts to preserve Australia's Aboriginal languages, especially Yawuru

Learn about Mabo Day, commemorating a historic court decision recognizing the land rights of Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islander peoples

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