Farmers or Hunter-Gatherers?
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Farmers or Hunter-Gatherers? The Dark Emu Debate is a non-fiction book on Indigenous Australian history by Peter Sutton and Keryn Walshe, published in mid-2021 by Melbourne University Press. It was wr
The history of Indigenous Australians began 50,000 to 65,000 years ago when humans first populated the Australian continent. This article covers the history of Aboriginal Australian and Torres Strait
An engraving from the late 19th century depicting Gweagal men confronting a British landing party in 1770
A museum model of Diprotodon, a hippopotamus-sized marsupial and member of the Australian megafauna encountered by the first Indigenous Australian settlers.
Aboriginal rock art depicting a thylacine on the Ubirr rock formation, Northern Territory
These implements were used only by men. At left, a spear-thrower (called woomera in the Eora language), and two examples of boomerangs. Boomerangs could be used for hunting (most were non-returning), or purely for music and ceremony.