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They were the first to arrive in Asia some 70,000 years ago, roaming the area at least 24,000 years before the ancestors of present-day Europeans and Asians.
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The earliest evidence of belief in afterlife.
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Trading was founded 30-50000 years ago.
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Rock Carvings are carved by native Indigenous people.
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The Murray–Darling basin is a large geographical area in the interior of southeastern Australia. Its name is derived from its two major rivers, the Murray River and the Darling River.
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About 1000 years ago, aboriginals made the first maps
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Mungo Man roams the world, eventually finding Australia.
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The first European to land at Australia is Dutch explorer Captain Willem Janszoon.
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In 1770, Captain Cook 'discovered' the southeast coast of Australia, landing in Botany Bay. On 22 August 1770, he claimed the whole of the east coast of Australia at Possession Island, naming eastern Australia New South Wales.
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The First Fleet of 11 ships, each one no larger than a Manly ferry, left Portsmouth in 1787 with more than 1480 men, women, and children on board. Although most were British, there were also African, American and French convicts. After a voyage of three months, the First Fleet arrived at Botany Bay on 24 January 1788.
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The Stolen Generations (also known as Stolen Children) were the children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent who were removed from their families by the Australian Federal and State government agencies and church missions, under acts of their respective parliaments.
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The scientists follow an old riverbed to find Mungo Lady.
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Scientists have found the bones of the oldest human ever; Mungo Man.
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This is the day that the current PM (Kevin Rudd)
