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Indigenous Australians is the official term used to describe the people who lived in Australia before the Europeans arrived. The more common term used is Aborigines.
The Aboriginials lived in Australia prior to European settlement. There you go that is the answer. Information from Gracie
Prior to European settlement, Australia was occupied by the indigenous people now known as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.
The indigenous people, known as the Australian Aborigines (and Torres Strait Islanders), were the only inhabitants of Australia prior to European settlement.
Eddie Mabo campaigned for Indigenous land rights. He was involved in a landmark case which overturned the long held view that Australia was empty when Europeans arrived called terra nullius and awarded Aboriginals right to the land, this was called native title.
No, we were called by our state e.g. citizen of South Australia, citizen of New South Wales. Until we were united as one country we were called citizens of Australia
It is sometimes called the 'Age of Discovery'.
Indians. Indians are what the europeans called the natives when they first met in the tundra region Canada.
The act of forming the commonwealth of Australia, or the merging of the independent states, was called "Federation".