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17 October 2026
Australia’s indigenous population may have been 2.22 million in 1788 before falling 93% by 1861
A new modelling study puts the Indigenous population of Australia at a median of 2. 22 million people in 1788 and estimates that it had fallen by 93% by 1861. The team, led by Alan Williams and ...
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