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

Behrendt calls the findings a 'demographic catastrophe'

1 Sep 15 5:00 AM · 9d ago · 2 articles · 1 source · development 1 of 3

CIEHF advisory committee chair and UTS professor Larissa Behrendt says the scale of death and dispossession revealed by the study should reshape understanding of Australian history.

Behrendt calls the findings a 'demographic catastrophe'
theguardian.com

“We are not talking about a marginal consequence of colonisation but a demographic catastrophe at the heart of the Australian story”

Larissa Behrendt

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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Reported in the same hours no headline names this development itself — these 3 claims were published in its stretch

  1. 2 outlets Large estimated size of the Australian Indigenous population before its extensive decline following colonial invasion

    first by Nature, 9d ago · also Guardian

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  2. 1 outlet Indigenous Australian population was much larger than previously thought and decimated after First Fleet's arrival

    first by Phys.org, 9d ago

  3. 1 outlet Australia's Indigenous Population Was 7 Times Larger Than Estimated, Study Finds

    first by ScienceAlert, 9d ago

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