The Indigenous or Aboriginal Individuals of Australia

The biggest island the world, Australia was inhabited by the humans practically 45,000 years ago. That is why the indigenous tribes of Australia truly claim that they are the genuine survivors of Australia. They really owe Australia along with their magnificent culture and have competed with all-natural disasters and calamities over thousands of years.

Yolngo folks of Australia performing their conventional dance ( Image: Andrew )

They had been bruised, they have been thrashed and they have been banged by the invaders and the colonizers. The only motive behind that was to uphold the racial discrimination. This predicament became worse right after the arrival of the white people in Australia and they entirely misjudged the aboriginal cultural values of the indigenous people of Australia.

The Australian Aboriginals. Image: Rusty Stewart

Out of the total population of the indigenous or aboriginal individuals of Australia, most of them live in the eastern parts of the continent. 63% of Indigenous people reside in New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria although Western Australia and the Northern Territory contribute only 28% of the Indigenous population. In Australia they are mainly referred as the aboriginal Australians and the word Indigenous for them is largely disliked. There had been far more than 250 languages spoken by Indigenous Australians before the arrival of Europeans. But most of them are becoming extinct now and presently only 12-15 languages are being utilised by the aboriginal or indigenous men and women of Australia. The aboriginal or indigenous folks of Australia are divided in numerous regional groups. Some of the indigenous or aboriginal folks groups of Australia incorporate Koori, Murri, Tiwi , Palawah, Anangu, Nunga and Wangai etc.

The Aboriginal Australians performing Woggan-ma-gule ( Image: Tracey Johns )