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Who are the indigenous people of [|Australia]  ? What happened to them? And how do they live now? These are some of the questions I will try to answer in the text below. The original [|inhabitants] of a land or any other geographic [|region] are called indigenous people. They have the earliest know connection with the land, and are an [|ethnic group]. The indigenous people often faced many problems, from historical [|colonialism] to[| assimilation] into other cultures. Loss of the traditional way of life has often resulted into health problems, including [|unemployment], [|poverty], [|alcohol abuse] and [|domestic violence].



//  Australia   //

There are two groups og Indigenous Australians, Aboriginal people and [|Torres Strait Islanders]. They constitute today about 2.7% og Australia's total population. I am going to focus on the Aborigines, which is the largest group with around 230,000 people.

Here you can see a picture of Torres Strait Islanders (left) and Aboriginals (right).



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