Who was the first person in Austalia and who were they?
2007-03-26 09:43:51 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
I'm sorry Steve - Dame Kiri is a Maori. She is a Native of New Zealand. Always has been, always will be.
Also, the best evidence we have at the moment is that the Aboriginal peoples of Australia walked across the land bridge which existed 35 000 years ago between Papua New guinea and the northern part of Cape York. They spread out from there, reaching the southernmost limit in Tasmania about 3 to 4 000 years after they first arrived. There was some nonsense a few years ago with supposed "evidence" of human occupation from Arhnem Land in the NT of 120 000 years ago, but it was proven to be misinterpreted data published before rigorous investigation...
Finally, "aboriginal" means "original" or"native to a place". Not "from the beginning" as you said.
The first Europeans "discovered" the East Coast of Australia in 1788. That was Cook and his mob. The first Europeans decided to stay and began the invasion about 10 or 15 years later. The Dutch found the West Coast about 50 years before Cook but thought it was too desolate to bother with. there were also a few Indonesians who came down to the top of WA over the years but they didn't stay as they were fishermen and traders...
I have a feeling you're thinking of the Maori people of New Zealand Steve, as they came across the Pacific in canoes and Dame Kiri is from that nation.
Love and Light,
Jarrah
2007-03-26 10:47:27 · answer #1 · answered by jarrah_fortytwo 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
History shows that Indigenous people were in Australia for about 80,000 years prior to settlement of australia which occured in 1788. The first English person to reach Australia was was Captain Cook in 1770. There was the the dutchman William Janszoon who reached the west australian coast in 1606 and had contact with the Indigenous poplulation.
2007-03-29 05:03:20 · answer #2 · answered by Dimi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Obviously "an aborigine," or a flotilla of them who traveled there from elsewhere in the South Seas. From all of them, came Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano for many years with the Metropolitan Opera. "Aborigine" means "from the beginning," but of course the beginning was in Africa, a kajillion years before..
2007-03-26 16:51:10 · answer #3 · answered by steve_geo1 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
An Aborigine.
2007-03-26 18:07:20 · answer #4 · answered by 3lixir 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Aborigine is the earliest group to have arrived in Australia around 4000BC if I recall. Forgotten his name though
2007-03-26 18:15:29 · answer #5 · answered by Murray H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋