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First Australians are not one ethnic group - there are [[Loads and Loads of Races|hundreds of different cultural and language groups]] spread across this continent. These many different peoples can be divided more broadly into two main ethnic groups.
* '''[[Australian Aborigines]]''' - the ones everyone knows about, inventors of the didgeridoo and the boomerang, present throughout Australian art, music, and increasingly present in Australia's television and cinema. Also the ''oldest surviving culture in the world''. They number only half a million.
* '''[[Torres Strait Islanders]]'''. Sadly, relatively unknown outside of Australia, and unfortunately [[And Zoidberg|often forgotten even in the nation itself]]. Unlike Australian Aborigines, they are from the same broader ethnic group as the [[
The term 'Indigenous Australians' was once the term of choice, but has recently come under criticism due to some descendants of the first European settlers feeling that, having been here for centuries, they have as much right to the label as anyone. First Australians have been here at least 70,000 years. Here, we'll only use the term 'Indigenous' to refer to First Australians.
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