Study Finds Pre-Colonial Indigenous Australian Population Far Larger Than Thought

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Oceania · Australia · Sep 15, 2026
Primary source: Phys.org

New computer modeling suggests Australia's Indigenous population before European colonization was about 2.22 million, up to seven times earlier estimates, and that roughly 93 percent died within 80 years of 1788.

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