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The Aboriginal Australians first arrived on the continent at least 60,000 years ago. Indigenous Australians occupied and adapted to a range of environmental conditions from tropical estuarine habitats, densely forested regions, open plains and arid desert country, to cold, mountainous and often wet and snowy high country. Cultures adapted according to the different conditions and adapted again to environmental changes brought about by rising sea levels at the end of the last ice age. Colonization of the island continent in 1788 brought not only introduced diseases to which Aborigines had no immunity, but also heralded the commencement of enduring conflict over land and other resources. At times this conflict was violent and recognized as war. Still today the issue of reconciliation between Aborigines and the settler population remains unresolved. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Australian Aborigines contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 300 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Australian Aborigines.

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MITCHELL ROLLS is senior lecturer and coordinator of Aboriginal Studies in the School of Humanities, University of Tasmania. His most recent monographs are Travelling Home, Walkabout Magazine and Mid-Twentieth-Century Australia (Anthem Press, 2016, co-authored with Anna Johnston), and Australian Indigenous Studies: Research and Practice (Peter Lang, 2016, co-authored with Terry Moore, Carol Pybus and David Moltow). MURRAY JOHNSON is a Freelance Historian and Honorary Senior Research Fellow, School of History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics, University of Queensland. His most recent monographs include Australia's Ancient Aboriginal Past: A Global Perspective (Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2014), and Van Diemen's Land: An Aboriginal History (New South Wales University Press, 2015, co-authored with Ian McFarlane).

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