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JudyThe Aboriginals believe that they were on Australia ever since the spirits created them in the 'Dreamtime'. However, scientists believe that when the water levels were lower and the great continent 'Pangea' split, that Indians and Africans living near now called Australia, stayed on Australia and have lived there ever since.
No one can definitively say where the Aborigines came from but it is a generally accepted theory that they came from South-East Asia well over 40,000 years ago. Remembering that in those times, the continents were joined together to form a 'super-continent' called Pangaea, they would have come to Australia by foot, walking across the straits and also using small boats and canoes to distance the relatively smaller portions of water. This was called 'island-hopping' as they 'hopped' using these measures from one island to another. They were nomadic, therefore they did not stay in one place. They moved across the land looking for food and water. They are classed as the 'hunter-gatherer', meaning that they hunted their food or gathered it whilst on the move. Being nomadic, it is possibly entirely coincidental that they landed in Australia.
Across thousands of years, the continents drifted further apart, forming the continents we know today. This is why and how the Aboriginals came to Australia. =3
They came from what is now Southeast Asia via a land bridge. This occurred during the closing stages of the Pleistocene era.
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In what year did the first greek people come out to Australia?
Oral tradition states that the first Greek in Australia was a convict named Damianos Gikas who arrived in 1802, but there are no written records to confirm this. The first Greeks actually documented to arrive in Australia were a group of 7 men from Hydra who were convicted of being pirates: they arrived in Australia in 1828.
What kind of people participate in Australia Day?
Anybody who wants to - mostly Australians who want to celebrate the establishment of Australia, and its history. It tends to be a commemoration not so much of the First Fleet's arrival, but of all things Australian in general. There is much less fervor surrounding it than some other countries national days such as celebrated in the US.
Why does World War 1 have such importance in Australians history and culture?
Possibly because it was the first war in which Australia participated as a nation, and furnished large numbers of soldiers to fight overseas.
When did chooks arrive in Australia?
Chooks (the Austalian term for chickens) arrived with the First Fleet on 26 January 1788. The related link below lists 87 chickens as arriving on the First Fleet.
Who were the first white people to arrive in Australia?
The indigenous people of Australia, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, were the first to inhabit Australia. Whilst it is unknown when they first arrived, estimates vary between 6,000 and 40,000 years.
