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Study finds Australia’s pre-colonial Indigenous population was 2.2 million, not 250,000

Study puts colonisation death toll at 2.06 million, 93% population loss

2 Sep 15 5:05 AM · 9d ago · 1 article · 1 source · development 2 of 3

The researchers estimate 2.06 million First Nations people died from disease, massacres, displacement and other colonial disturbances between 1788 and 1861, leaving only about 7% of the pre-colonial population by roughly 1861; ABC reports it would take another 21 years for the Indigenous population to return to pre-colonial numbers at current growth trends.

Study puts colonisation death toll at 2.06 million, 93% population loss
theguardian.com

“Probably most of the frontier violence was done under the cover of night, so to speak”

Corey Bradshaw, Flinders University professor, study co-author · rss ↗

Corey Bradshaw Study co-author, Flinders University professorLarissa Behrendt CIEHF advisory committee chair, UTS professorAustralian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories and Futures (CIEHF) Research body behind the study

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What was reported 2 claims about this development

  1. 3 outlets More than 2 million Indigenous people lived in Australia in 1788: new research

    first by Mastodon, 5d ago · also Hindustan Times, The Conversation

  2. 2 outlets Impact of colonisation on First Nations people far greater than previous estimates, research finds

    first by ABC Australia, 9d ago · also ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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