The people who lived in and cared for country in Australia for 50,000 years before colonisation.

The people who continue to survive in Australia despite colonisation.

The Originals.
The Aboriginal people of Australia are the curators of the oldest human culture on planet earth.
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A native inhabitant of a country.

Unlike a lot of definitions on here, NOT Australian natives. They travelled there by boat, just like the English did.
Those Aboriginal's aren't the original inhabitants.
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The Oldest surviving living culture alive, possibly the first race of humans. The Original inhabitants of the Australian continent therefore the landlords of Australia. A proud people.. Survivors of genocide
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Referring to the native peoples of any land, though popular usage usually refers to the native people of Australia.

The word is derived from the latin phrase "Ab Origene," literally meaning "from the origin."

A person of aboriginal descent is an aborigene, or an "abo" if you like.
Yank: My aussie friend here tells me this aboriginal instrument is made from the branch of a hollow tree!

Lecturer: The aboriginals of the Americas are often referred to as "Indians," because the first European explorers mistakenly believed they had arrived in the Indies.

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Probably some of the most amazing and loyal people I've ever met. They are extremely protective and do whatever it takes to look after their loved ones. They are great to get along with and they have great hearts. Unique.
Did you see that aboriginal family standing up for there rights and their family? So loyal.
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Refers to being 'native' to an area. Can relate to any native population in the world. Commonly used in Canada and Australia. Is mostly connected to the First Australian Nations.

The Aboriginal people of Australia - some proper terms for Aboriginal people include :- Koori (NSW & VIC), Murri (QLD), Palawa (TAS), Nunga (SA), Nyoongar (South WA) Archaelogical evidence shows existence of Aboriginal people here up to 60,000 years ago and the time keeps extending. This is older than anything previously found in Europe, Asia and the whole world.

Aboriginal people are survivors. The whites took the land, shot and killed our people, raped our women, took our children and now want to wrap our culture in bubble wrap and sell it to Japanese tourists. We are the oldest continuing culture on earth.

Aboriginal people are proud of who they are. We have a lot to offer Australia. We know things about this land that whites haven't even dreamed about, and care for country better than anyone.
"what is your background"
"I am Aboriginal"
"Why don't you go poo in the bush"
"Yeah? Gladly. But you white fellas won't let me"
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An adjective that describes people who inhabited a land before aliens, and no we don't mean little green people, came to colonise it. There are Aboriginal people all over the world. In fact some of the Australian people who write some of the definitions that disparage their first people are Aboriginal people of somewhere. First people is the more appropriate term because as someone indicated sometimes the people who were wherever first came by boat eg Maoris in NZ. Look it up. NZ is literally new land formed by volcanic eruptions. Polynesian seafarers got there before anyone else. Who knows how who got where first.
It is not just right wing racists that make racist comments about Aboriginal Australians, seemingly educated people make the some comments.

People who write urban dictionary entries that disparage Aboriginal Australians are insecure.
The red headed leader was found to have ancestors who were from an area that is currently known as the middle-east.
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