Aboriginal Australians

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First Nations peoples Indigenous people ethnic group

Aboriginal Australians are the Indigenous peoples of the Australian continent, comprising numerous distinct nations with rich, ancient cultures, languages, and spiritual traditions that date back tens of thousands of years.

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Observed surface forms (16)

Surface form	Occurrences
Indigenous Australians	3
Aboriginal Australian	2
Anangu people	2
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples	1
Aboriginal peoples of Australia	1
Aboriginal peoples of New South Wales	1
Aborigines Claim Citizens Rights	1
Anangu traditional owners	1
Awabakal people	1
Eora people	1
First Nations Australia	1
First Nations of Australia	1
First Nations people of Australia	1
First Nations peoples of Australia	1
Gadigal people	1
Indigenous peoples of Australia	1

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	First Nations peoples ⓘ Indigenous people ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ
artForm	bark painting ⓘ didgeridoo music ⓘ dot painting ⓘ rock art ⓘ
connectionTo	Country ⓘ
continent	Australia ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
culturalHeritageStatus	oldest continuing cultures in the world ⓘ
distinctFrom	Torres Strait Islanders ⓘ
estimatedArrivalInAustralia	at least 50,000 years ago ⓘ
hasPart	Pitjantjatjara people ⓘ surface form: Anangu people Arrernte people ⓘ Bundjalung people ⓘ Gadigal people ⓘ Gamilaraay people ⓘ Kaurna people ⓘ Koori people ⓘ Eastern Kuku Yalanji people ⓘ surface form: Kuku Yalanji people Larrakia people ⓘ Murri people ⓘ Ngarrindjeri people ⓘ Noongar people ⓘ Nunga people ⓘ Palawa people ⓘ Pitjantjatjara people ⓘ Tiwi people ⓘ Warlpiri people ⓘ Wiradjuri people ⓘ Wurundjeri people ⓘ Yamatji people ⓘ Yolngu people ⓘ Yorta Yorta people ⓘ
knownFor	Dreaming ⓘ ancient continuous culture ⓘ
languageFamily	Pama–Nyungan languages ⓘ non-Pama–Nyungan Australian Aboriginal languages ⓘ
legalConceptAssociated	native title ⓘ
officialLanguageStatus	many languages endangered ⓘ
partOf	Aboriginal Australians self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Indigenous peoples of Australia
population	over 800,000 people in early 21st century ⓘ
practices	Dreamtime stories ⓘ body painting ⓘ ceremonial dance ⓘ initiation ceremonies ⓘ songlines ⓘ
recognizedBy	Australian Constitution ⓘ surface form: Australian Constitution (post-1967 referendum)
religion	Australian Aboriginal spirituality ⓘ
subjectOf	Mabo v Queensland (No 2) ⓘ
suffered	Stolen Generations policies ⓘ colonial dispossession ⓘ
traditionalInstrument	bullroarer ⓘ clapsticks ⓘ didgeridoo ⓘ
traditionalLifestyle	hunter-gatherer ⓘ
worldview	kinship-based social structure ⓘ

Referenced by (30)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Department → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Aboriginal Australians ⓘ

Uluru → coManagedWith → Aboriginal Australians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anangu traditional owners

Yabun Festival → culturalContext → Aboriginal Australians ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Nations Australia

The Aboriginal Memorial → depicts → Aboriginal Australians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indigenous Australians

Torres Strait Islanders → distinctFrom → Aboriginal Australians ⓘ

Day of Mourning → documentProduced → Aboriginal Australians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aborigines Claim Citizens Rights

Megan Davis → ethnicGroup → Aboriginal Australians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aboriginal Australian

Papunya Tula paintings → ethnicGroup → Aboriginal Australians ⓘ

Pat Anderson → ethnicGroup → Aboriginal Australians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aboriginal Australian

Yabun Festival → focusesOn → Aboriginal Australians ⓘ

Kosciuszko National Park → hasCulturalSignificanceFor → Aboriginal Australians ⓘ

Namadgi National Park → hasCulturalSignificanceFor → Aboriginal Australians ⓘ

Northern Territory → hasIndigenousPeople → Aboriginal Australians ⓘ

eastern Australia → hasIndigenousPeoples → Aboriginal Australians ⓘ

subject surface form: Eastern Australia

Oceania → hasMajorEthnicGroup → Aboriginal Australians ⓘ

Yabun Festival → languageCommunity → Aboriginal Australians ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Nations peoples of Australia

Torres Strait Islanders → legalStatus → Aboriginal Australians ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Nations people of Australia

Aboriginal Australians → partOf → Aboriginal Australians self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indigenous peoples of Australia

Darug people → partOf → Aboriginal Australians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aboriginal peoples of New South Wales

Darumbal people → partOf → Aboriginal Australians ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Nations of Australia

Day of Mourning → participant → Aboriginal Australians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indigenous Australians

Torres Strait Islanders → recognizedAs → Aboriginal Australians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples

Pilbara Regiment → recruitmentBase → Aboriginal Australians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indigenous Australians

Landing of the First Fleet → relatedEthnicGroup → Aboriginal Australians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eora people

Uluru → sacredTo → Aboriginal Australians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anangu people

Aboriginal languages → spokenBy → Aboriginal Australians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aboriginal peoples of Australia

Newcastle, New South Wales → traditionalOwners → Aboriginal Australians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Awabakal people

Sydney Cove → traditionalOwners → Aboriginal Australians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gadigal people

Top End → traditionalOwners → Aboriginal Australians ⓘ

Uluru → traditionalOwners → Aboriginal Australians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anangu people