How many nations are there on the First Nations map Australia?
There are over 500 different First Nations clan groups or nations. Each of these groups have different cultures, beliefs and languages. This is the Indigenous map of Australia.
Where did the macassans come from?
There are several under-explored areas in the scholarship on the so-called ‘Macassans’, the trepang fishers of diverse ethnicity originating from the Sulawesi port of Makassar who voyaged to the coastline of northern Australia to fish for trepang, also known as sea cucumber, from at least 1720 to the 1906/7 season.
Did aboriginals trade with Indonesia?
But the Yolngu people of the Northern Territory say they were trading with Indonesians for hundreds of years before that. What we do know is that Aboriginal people from the north coast of Australia were travelling to the far reaches of South-East Asia long before white settlers ever arrived Down Under.
Did Indonesians go to Australia?
From the 1870s, Indonesians were recruited to work in the pearling and sugar cane industries in northern Australia. Around 1,000 Indonesians were living in Australia by Federation in 1901, almost all in Queensland and Western Australia.
What was Australia called before Colonisation?
New Holland
After Dutch navigators charted the northern, western and southern coasts of Australia during the 17th Century this newly found continent became known as ‘New Holland’. It was the English explorer Matthew Flinders who made the suggestion of the name we use today.
What are Aboriginal girls?
The name Alinta gained national attention after the 1980’s TV series, Women of the Sun. This beautiful name is a Gumbaynggir word that translates to girl. This name is also in use by Palawa people who are originally from Tasmania where Lowanna is the word for woman.
Why did Indonesians move to Australia?
Large numbers of Chinese Indonesians began migrating to Australia in the late 1990s, fleeing the political and economic turmoil in the aftermath of the May 1998 riots and the subsequent fall of Suharto. Between 1986 and 1996, the Indonesian-Australian community increased to 12,128.