Aboriginal Australians

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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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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

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Cummeragunja hasCulturalSignificanceFor Aboriginal Australians
Shirley Peisley ethnicGroupAdvocatedFor Aboriginal Australians
Nooky (rapper) hasCulturalIdentity Aboriginal Australians
subject surface form: Nooky
this entity surface form: First Nations Australian
Awaba usedBy Aboriginal Australians
Yabun associatedWith Aboriginal Australians
Ngaro people partOf Aboriginal Australians
Yuin–Kuric languages ethnicity Aboriginal Australians
this entity surface form: Australian Aboriginal peoples
Jack Patten ethnicity Aboriginal Australians
this entity surface form: Aboriginal Australian
June Barker ethnicGroup Aboriginal Australians
Narrinyeri isPartOf Aboriginal Australians
Deborah Cheetham ethnicGroup Aboriginal Australians
this entity surface form: Aboriginal Australian
Referendum Council focus Aboriginal Australians
this entity surface form: Aboriginal peoples of Australia
Cathy Freeman ethnicGroup Aboriginal Australians
this entity surface form: Indigenous Australian
Voice to Parliament for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples appliesTo Aboriginal Australians
this entity surface form: Aboriginal peoples of Australia
Voice to Parliament for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples represents Aboriginal Australians
this entity surface form: First Nations peoples in Australia
Yolngu people arePartOf Aboriginal Australians
this entity surface form: First Nations of Australia
Dreaming associatedWithEthnicGroup Aboriginal Australians
Dreaming associatedWithEthnicGroup Aboriginal Australians
this entity surface form: First Nations of Australia
Murri people subgroupOf Aboriginal Australians
Palawa people partOf Aboriginal Australians
Koori people partOf Aboriginal Australians
this entity surface form: Aboriginal peoples of Australia
Mitchell Plateau hasCulturalSignificanceFor Aboriginal Australians
King Leopold Ranges hasCulturalSignificanceFor Aboriginal Australians
Tiwi people partOf Aboriginal Australians
Nunga people ethnicGroupOf Aboriginal Australians
Lockhart River populationMajority Aboriginal Australians
this entity surface form: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
Dampier Peninsula hasCulturalSignificanceFor Aboriginal Australians
this entity surface form: Indigenous Australians
Larrakia people partOf Aboriginal Australians
this entity surface form: First Nations of Australia
Australian Museum hasExhibitionTheme Aboriginal Australians
this entity surface form: Indigenous Australians
British colonisation of Australia mainSubject Aboriginal Australians
this entity surface form: Indigenous Australians
Garig Gunak Barlu National Park (nearby on Cobourg Peninsula) hasCulturalSignificanceFor Aboriginal Australians
subject surface form: Garig Gunak Barlu National Park
Ngilgi Cave hasCulturalSignificanceFor Aboriginal Australians
Simpson Desert traditionalOwners Aboriginal Australians
Central Desert isTraditionalLandOf Aboriginal Australians
this entity surface form: Aboriginal peoples
Central Desert hasCulturalSignificanceFor Aboriginal Australians
this entity surface form: Indigenous Australians
Biripi people ethnicGroupOf Aboriginal Australians
Biripi people partOf Aboriginal Australians
this entity surface form: First Nations of Australia
Western Desert region inhabitedBy Aboriginal Australians
Western Desert art ethnicGroup Aboriginal Australians
Gooniyandi people arePartOf Aboriginal Australians
this entity surface form: First Nations of Australia
Dunghutti people isPartOf Aboriginal Australians
this entity surface form: First Nations of Australia
Mungguy partOf Aboriginal Australians
this entity surface form: Aboriginal peoples of Australia
Nourlangie associatedWithPeople Aboriginal Australians
Shoalhaven people ethnicity Aboriginal Australians
this entity surface form: Aboriginal Australian
Baaka hasCulturalSignificanceFor Aboriginal Australians
Capertee Valley traditionalOwners Aboriginal Australians
Amata majorEthnicGroup Aboriginal Australians
Indulkana (Iwantja) hasEthnicGroup Aboriginal Australians