The Origin of the Australian Aborigines

People have been living in australia for tens of thousands of years. According to our current best estimates, the first humans arrived between 50 and 65 thousand years ago. The people who lived there before contact with europeans are known as the australian aborigines. In 17 87, britain set up a penal colony where they could exile convicts rather than putting them to death. It became the first european settlement in australie. And if you're reading a book or listening to an old folk song about someone being sentenced to be exiled then that's what it refers to.