Aboriginal Arrival
Pre-contact is the time frame used to show the migration of Aborigines into Australia. At this point there is no Europeans, no Torres Strait Islander, no differences within groups, we were only know as Homo sapiens from the landmass now known as South Africa.
Migration was achieved during the closing stages of the Pleistocene epoch, when sea levels were typically much lower than they are today. Repeated episodes of extended glaciation resulted in decreases of sea levels by some 100–150 m. The continental coastline therefore extended much further out into the Timor Sea than it does today, and Australia and New Guinea formed a single landmass (known as Sahul), connected by an extensive land bridge across the Arafura Sea, Gulf of Carpentaria and Torres Strait.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_history_of_Australia
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Aborigines of Australia
In 2011 University of Copenhagen researched the migration of Homo sapiens accross the world. From this study Professor Eske Willerslev of the University of Copenhagen states that Aboriginal Australians were the first modern humans to traverse unknown territory in Asia and Australia.
DNA researchers found that the ancestors of Australian Aboriginals had split from the first modern human populations to leave Africa, 64,000 to 75,000 years ago. This discovery turns on its head the existing theory that Aboriginals arrived in Australia less than 50,000 years ago.
"This new DNA study powerfully confirms that Aboriginal Australians are one of the oldest living populations in the world, certainly the oldest outside of Africa," agrees evolutionary biologist Professor Darren Curnoe of University New South Wales (UNSW). "Australians are truly one of the world's great human populations and a very ancient one at that, with deep connections to the Australian continent and broader Asian region. About this now there can be no dispute."
Australia Geographic
DNA Confirms Aboriginal Culture one of Earth's Oldest
http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/journal/Aboriginal-Australians-the-oldest-culture-on-Earth.htm
Journey of Mankind
Information is based on a synthesis of mtDNA and Y chromosome evidence with archaeology, climatology and fossil study, Stephen Oppenheimer has tracked the routes and timing of migration, placing it in context with ancient rock art around the world.
Journalof Mankind-peopleof theworld
http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/journey/
Aboriginal Migration into Australia
The Ancient Australia
From the Queensland perpective capturing information from Far North Queensland is vital. This does not mean that information within the rest of Queensland is not important. It means that the cultural information within the Far North Queensland is not as corrupted by European enironment manipulation and dictatorship.
Size of Australia
Most people need to understand the scope of Australia, it’s size and geographical obstacles to truly understand the Aboriginal culture prior to contact. Australia is the planet's sixth largest country after Russia, Canada, China, the USA, and Brazil. At 7 692 024 km2, it accounts for just five percent of the world's land area of 149 450 000 km2, and although it is the smallest continental land mass, it is the world's largest island.
It’s interesting to fit countries into Australia to see
the size scale. As demonstrated by Geoscience Australia
http://www.ga.gov.au/education/geoscience-basics/dimensions/australias-size-compared.html
Finding you locate groups name
Step One:
View maps to locate group name. ABC Online viewing www.abc.net.au/indigenous/map/.
Documenting a Democracy internet site which is more user friendly as it allows you to copy sections of the map http://www.foundingdocs.gov.au/pathways.asp
Norman Tindale’s Australian Aboriginal Map. http://www.samuseum.sa.gov.au/archives/collections/tribes
Step Two: See who is has a claim for this land via the Land Council. Visit the Queensland Land claim map http://www.nntt.gov.au/Mediation-and-agreement-making-services/Geospatial-services/Maps/Pages/default.aspx
In Queensland there are five regions. The maps pertaining to these regions are large and you need to wait for the map to open,then copy only the section you require for the client.
The region and size of maps are Cape York Region is (pdf 4.4 MB), Gulf of Carpentaria Region (pdf 4.1 MB) ; Northern Queensland Region (pdf 8.8 MB),Southern and Western Queensland Region and the Torres Strait (pdf 4.1 MB)
Use [email protected] online database in conjunction with the State Library of Queensland OneSearch catalogue. You will get a large hit amount on this database then you just search through the material to find information of relevance. You could skip this search engine and go directly to OneSearch, but be aware that the institution has more informative details on documentations and allows you to search for personal information via this catalogue.
The Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) developed a Placename Thesauru available at http://www1.aiatsis.gov.au/thesaurus