Indigenous History

To be culturally competent we must acknowledge and tell the truth about australian history and its ongoing impact for aboriginal people and we should understand how the past continues to shape lives today.

Indigenous history. The history of indigenous australians began at least 65 000 years ago when humans first populated the australian continental landmasses. Aboriginal australians could be the oldest population of humans living outside of africa where one theory says they migrated from in boats 70 000 years ago. The indigenous history conference here it began. It is estimated that prior to the arrival of british settlers the population of indigenous australians was up to 1 million.

Indigenous peoples also referred to as first peoples first nations aboriginal peoples native peoples or autochthonous peoples are ethnic groups who are native to a particular place on earth and live or lived in an interconnected relationship with the natural environment there for many generations prior to the arrival of non indigenous peoples. A history of how the world which was featureless was transformed into mountains hills valleys and waterways. The origin of the first humans to populate the southern continent and. Experience this virtual exhibition that looks at facets of the history of canada s indigenous peoples based largely on information and artifacts presented in the first peoples hall of the canadian museum of history.

It is generally held that they originally came from asia via insular southeast asia and have been in australia for at least 45 000 50 000 years. First peoples of canada virtual exhibition. 2020 hindsight or foresight. The dreaming is history.

This article covers the history of aboriginal australian and torres strait islander peoples two broadly defined groups which each include other sub groups defined by language and culture. Fewer than 200 of the languages of these groups remain in use all but 20 are highly endangered. Survey of the history society and culture of the australian aboriginal peoples who are one of the two distinct indigenous cultural groups of australia. This gathering seeks to explore a wide range of topics such as traditional life colonization historical trauma family research rights language food sovereignty indigenous art literature education and other related topics.

Features over 50 speakers. Aboriginal culture and history aboriginal history. The term indigenous australians encompasses many diverse communities and societies and these are further divided into local communities with unique cultures. From an indigenous perspective this course explores key issues facing indigenous peoples today from a historical and critical perspective highlighting national and local indigenous settler relations.

Aboriginal history has been handed down in ways of stories dances myths and legends.