Australian Population: The Aborigines (Part 1)

Is called Aborigines australians to the indigenous or original inhabitants of these lands. It is important to mention that these inhabitants have remained in this territory since before European colonization, spreading not only through Australia but also by Tasmania, New Guinea, Torres Strait Island, and nearby islands. Did you know that there are traces of the existence of the first Australian inhabitants, approximately 50.000 to 40.000 years ago? We can know this thanks to its cave paintings and other remains that we can visit today in Australian lands. In general terms, we could say that it is one of the oldest towns in the world and it is also said that has been one of the least evolved peoples.

Despite the reduction of aborigines by the colonizers, in recent years there has been a relative increase in their population, and it is an interesting activity visit their colonies. Yes, the aborigines were for a long time mistreated and almost pushed to the extension, which is why today population censuses tell us that the aborigines only make up 1% of the Australian population.

These settlers live mainly from hunting and gathering, including fishing, and their lifestyle is based on always grouping themselves in small communities, although they usually have to move from one place to another, a style of nomadic life. When they finally settled for a time in a place they built their houses with tree branches. According to some scholars of the subject, formerly the Australian aborigines practiced cannibalism or cannibalism, but luckily human flesh seems to no longer be part of their daily diet.

Until the second half of the XNUMXth century, they remained marginalized. However, from this stage they obtained the right to vote, a situation that generated a certain inclusion in Australian society. In addition to the fact that anti-discrimination laws were proposed.

Australian Aborigines are people who have a strong mystical and spiritual charge. It is a people that includes many ideas about ancestral spirits who created the world and later transmitted certain wisdom in men so that they can live happily and in good relationship with nature.