Large size of the Australian Indigenous population prior to its massive decline following European invasion DOI Creative Commons
Alan N. Williams, Raymond Tobler,

Billy Griffiths

et al.

Research Square (Research Square), Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Oct. 22, 2024

Abstract Estimating the size of Indigenous populations in Australia prior to European colonial invasion is essential truth-telling and reconciliation. Robust estimates population dynamics pre-colonial Australians are poor due lethal diseases, frontier violence, no systematic censuses. We review ethnographic observations, archaeological genetic reconstructions, modelled carrying capacity, infer invasion. This allows an estimate number excess deaths post-colonial times. Congruency (not historical accounts) suggests a bootstrapped median 2.51 million, or 0.33 people km-2. For ~ 32,500 year-1 (2.39 million total) would have had occur over late 18th early 19th Centuries from invasion-related mortality. These findings highlight major impacts experienced by Australians, demonstrate their survival, resilience, recovery past 235 years.

Language: Английский

Large size of the Australian Indigenous population prior to its massive decline following European invasion DOI Creative Commons
Alan N. Williams, Raymond Tobler,

Billy Griffiths

et al.

Research Square (Research Square), Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Oct. 22, 2024

Abstract Estimating the size of Indigenous populations in Australia prior to European colonial invasion is essential truth-telling and reconciliation. Robust estimates population dynamics pre-colonial Australians are poor due lethal diseases, frontier violence, no systematic censuses. We review ethnographic observations, archaeological genetic reconstructions, modelled carrying capacity, infer invasion. This allows an estimate number excess deaths post-colonial times. Congruency (not historical accounts) suggests a bootstrapped median 2.51 million, or 0.33 people km-2. For ~ 32,500 year-1 (2.39 million total) would have had occur over late 18th early 19th Centuries from invasion-related mortality. These findings highlight major impacts experienced by Australians, demonstrate their survival, resilience, recovery past 235 years.

Language: Английский

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