When someone says ‘Australian Aborigines’, we immediately think about the population that used to live in antiquity, about the ancestors of the Australian population. While it is true that Australian Aborigines are the indigenous people of the continent Australia, few people know that there are still many regional groups that currently live there. The Australian Aborigines are said to be the earliest humans living on this planet. Although nobody can tell for sure, history researchers estimate that the Australian Aborigines date back as far as 120.000 years ago.

By the 19th century, the Australian Aborigines population declined significantly, with less than 95.000 individuals remaining. At the time of the permanent European settlement, the Australian Aborigines population was estimated at between 318.000 and 750.000. As I said, the Australian Aborigines are divided into several regional groups. Every indigenous community is different one from another, and each group has its own culture, language and customs. These Australian Aborigines groups are mostly named after their language. The Koori are the Australian Aborigines  who live in New South Wales and Victoria. The Ngunnawal people live in the Canberra region, which is the Australian Capital Territory. Then, we have the Murri people, who are native from Queensland and some New South Wales parts. Similar in name, the Murrdi people occupy the Southwest and Central Queensland.

In the southern and central Western Australia we can find the Nyungar and Yamatji people, respectively. The Wangai Australian Aborigines live in the Western Australia Goldfields, and they had an important part in the discovery of gold. The southern South Australia region is the home of the Nunga, and the northern South Australia is where the Anangu Australian Aborigines live. The Yapa people are established in the western central Northern Territory, and the Yolngu in the eastern Arnhem Land. The Tiwi people are the inhabitants of the Tiwi Islands, which are in the Arnehm Land as well. Then we have the Anindilyakwa people, who live in Groote Eylandt, in the Gulf of Carpentaria. And last but not least, we have the Palawah people, who live in Tasmania. These Australian Aborigines groups can be further subdivided, depending mostly on their languages and dialects, but there is no doubt that their culture is fascinating and that they represent the most intriguing people on this planet,