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WARNING: Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are warned that some of the websites on this page may contain upsetting information, references to deceased people, sacred or secret material, inappropriate terminology or offensive language, which may cause distress to some people.
The Map of Aboriginal Australia was created by David Horton and is based on language data gathered by Aboriginal Studies Press, AIATSIS and Auslig/Sinclair, Knight, Merz, (1996). The map attempts to represent all language groups of the Indigenous people of Australia.
Click on the map to to view it in closer detail.
We acknowledge the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the first inhabitants of the nation and acknowledge Traditional Owners of the lands where our staff and students, live, learn and work.
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