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Indigenous Peoples, Aborigines, or Aboriginal tribes of Australia: Pitjantjatjara, Arrernte, Luritja, Tharawal, Wiradjuri, Wonnarua, Alvawarre, Guugu, Yimithirr, Gabi Gabi, and Yorta Yorta Peoples

 

Location: Oceania, between the Indian Ocean and the South Pacific Ocean

Size: 7,686,850 square kilometers (slightly smaller than the US contiguous 48 states)

Population: Approximately 21,262,641 (2.5 percent of whom are Indigenous)

Indigenous, Aborigine, or Aboriginal Community:

  • Australia is home to many different Indigenous or Aboriginal clans, also known as Aboriginal nations or tribes. Among the largest and most prominent of the remaining clans are the Pitjantjatjara, Arrernte, Luritja, Tharawal, Wiradjuri, Wonnarua, Alvawarre, Guugu, Yimithirr, Gabi Gabi, and Yorta Yorta Peoples.
  • All of Australia's Indigenous Peoples are, or were at some point, seminomadic hunters and gathers. As a result, tracking of both animals and plants is considered a particularly important aspect of Aboriginal culture.
  • Today, 32 percent of Australia's Indigenous community lives in urban areas and 43 percent live in regional centers.
  • Health is a major concern for Australia's Indigenous Peoples. Infant mortality rates are 10-15 percent and life expectancy falls short of the rest of the population by 17 years (59 for males and 65 for females)
  • Art is an integral part of both Indigenous culture and economy in Australia. An estimated 70 percent of total art sold in Australia was created by Indigenous artists.

For more information, see the following in the Cultural Survival Quarterly magazine:

Australian Indigenous Culture History and Tradition

Government and Aboriginal Relations

United Nations and Indigenous Peoples in Australia 

Indigenous Activism in Australia 

Indigenous Australians and the Law

Indigenous Australians and Land or Property Disputes

Indigenous Australians and Health

Endangered Indigenous Languages in Australia 

Education in Australia's Indigenous Communities

 

Indigenous Australians and the Environment

Indigenous Australians and Mining

 

Media in Australian Indigenous Communities

 

Gender and Indigenous Australians

Cultural Survival Quarterly

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