ab· orig· i· nal ˌa-bə-ˈrij-nəl. -ˈri-jə-nᵊl. 1. : being the first or earliest known of its kind present in a region. aboriginal forests. aboriginal rocks. 2. : of or relating to the people who have been in a …
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Aboriginal Australians are the various Indigenous peoples of the Australian mainland and many of its islands, such as Tasmania, Fraser Island, Hinchinbrook Island, the Tiwi Islands, and Groote Eylandt, but excluding the Torres Strait Islands. The term Indigenous Australians refers to Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders collectively. It is generally used when both …
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Aboriginal Australians are split into two groups: Aboriginal peoples, who are related to those who already inhabited Australia when Britain began colonizing the island in 1788, and Torres
Australian Aboriginal peoples, one of the two distinct groups of Indigenous peoples of Australia, the other being the Torres Strait Islander peoples. It has long been conventionally held that Australia is the only continent where the entire Indigenous population maintained a single kind of adaptation—hunting and gathering—into modern times.
Aboriginal ( ˌæbəˈrɪdʒɪnəl) adj (Peoples) of, relating to, or characteristic of the indigenous peoples of Australia n (Peoples) another word for an Australian Aborigine Usage: The Australian government suggests that the most exact and inclusive way of referring to the indigenous peoples of Australia is Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
aboriginal 1 of 2 adjective as in indigenous belonging to a particular place by birth or origin the aboriginal peoples of northern Alaska are known as Inupiats, which in their language literally means "real people" Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance indigenous native local autochthonous endemic born domestic regional original
aboriginal. The native, indigenous people of a country are often called aboriginals. In Canada, the First Nations — Inuits and Métis — would be considered aboriginals. The adjective form of aboriginal is used to describe anything related to the people native to an area. You may visit a museum that has an exhibit of aboriginal art; or, if you're a linguist, you may study aboriginal …
aboriginal (adj.) 1660s, "first, earliest, existing from the beginning," especially in reference to inhabitants of lands colonized by Europeans, from aborigines (see aborigine) + -al (1). The specific Australian sense is attested from 1820. The noun meaning "an original inhabitant, an autochthon" is attested from 1760.
Leaving around 70,000 years ago, Australian Aboriginal peoples were some of the first humans to migrate out of Africa. Anthropologists recognize Australian Aboriginal peoples as possessing the longest continuing religion and art forms. Less than 3 percent of Australia's population today is made up of Australian Aboriginal peoples. Photos and Videos