History of Australia

The History of Australia began when humans arrived in Australia from the north approximately 50,000 years before present. This period is referred to as the prehistory of Australia. The written history of Australia began when European explorers first sighted the country. It has been divided into two periods: before and after it became a dominion of the British Empire in 1901.

Prehistory of Australia

The prehistory of Australia is the term used to describe the period of approximately 50,000 years (possibly a lot more) between the arrival of humans on the Australian continent and the first definite sighting of Australia by Europeans in 1606, which may be taken as the beginning of the history of Australia. This era is referred to as prehistory rather than history because there are no written records of human events in Australia.

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