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What is the estimated number of Indigenous people worldwide?
Over 370 million people.
How many Indigenous nations were there in Australia before European colonization?
Over 250 groups.
What are Indigenous Australians?
A respectful term for both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
What are diseases introduced by European settlers?
Deadly diseases like smallpox and measles.
What are ongoing challenges for Indigenous Australians?
Despite legal protection, they still face poverty and crime.
How many different groups do Indigenous peoples belong to?
More than 5,000 groups.
Who are the Torres Strait Islanders?
They originate from Melanesia and live between Queensland and Papua New Guinea.
What is 1788?
Indigenous population dropped to 93,000 in this year.
What is 1976?
The year racial discrimination became illegal in Australia.
What is the incarceration rate comparison?
Indigenous children are 24 times more likely to be locked up.
What is Indigenous?
Refers to people whose ancestors lived on specific lands before new dominant groups arrived.
What is Aborigine?
Considered insensitive due to colonial connotations.
What is the Aboriginal Tent Embassy?
A protest camp set up outside Australia's Parliament House in 1972.