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Study estimates pre-colonial Indigenous Australian population far larger than previously estimated
A new study in Nature Human Behaviour models a median pre-1788 Indigenous Australian population of ~2.22 million (range ~1–4 million).
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Compared with long-standing estimates of 250,000–1 million, the Nature Human Behaviour study models a median pre-1788 Indigenous Australian population of ~2.22 million, with a range of ~1–4 million. Its estimate suggests a ~93% decline by 1861.
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