Study puts pre-colonial Indigenous population at 2.2 million, up to seven times past estimates
A study led by researchers from Flinders University and the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories and Futures indicates that approximately two point two two million Indigenous people lived across Australia prior to seventeen eighty-eight, up to seven times higher than earlier historical baselines. The research documents a demographic loss of ninety-three percent within seventy-three years of British arrival due to introduced disease, violence, and dispossession. Also in this briefing: Plymouth Brethren leader Bruce Hales denies under oath directing covert campaigns during the twenty twenty-five federal election; and 777 Partners co-founder Joshua Wander pleads guilty in New York to a five-hundred-million-dollar fraud scheme following the collapse of Australian budget carrier Bonza.
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Pre-colonial Australia's Indigenous population reached over two million people before colonization caused a ninety-three percent collapse.
Australia's Indigenous population is projected to finally return to its seventeen eighty-eight baseline by twenty forty-seven.
A church leader denied under oath directing covert campaigns or paying agitators to track Anthony Albanese.
Surprise September job losses pushed unemployment to four point seven percent, dampening interest rate hike expectations.
A major airline backer pleaded guilty to a five hundred million dollar fraud using altered bank records.
- 01Intro1 min
- 02Study puts pre-colonial Indigenous population at 2.2 million, up to seven times past estimates: The demographic baseline3 min
- 03Study puts pre-colonial Indigenous population at 2.2 million, up to seven times past estimates: Legal reckoning and truth-telling2 min
- 04Exclusive Brethren leader Bruce Hales denies under oath running covert election campaigns1 min
- 05Where things stand1 min
- 06Bonza backer 777 Partners' co-founder pleads guilty to $500m fraud in US3 min
- 07Outro1 min
- More than 2 million Indigenous people lived in Australia in 1788: new research
- Australia’s Indigenous population estimated at 2.2m before ‘demographic catastrophe’ of colonisation
- Scientists reveal 93% of Australia's Indigenous population was lost in just 73 years
- Large estimated size of the Australian Indigenous population before its extensive decline following colonial invasion
- Study: Australia lost 93% of Indigenous population in 73 years
- Pre-European Indigenous Australian population larger than previously thought – News
- Study finds pre-colonisation Indigenous population seven times bigger than thought
- Australia’s Indigenous Population May Have Been Far Larger Before Colonization Than Historians Thought
- We Were Wildly Off About Pre-European Indigenous Populations in Australia
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- Correcting the Record: Mr Bruce Hales – Election Inquiry Full Opening Statement | Plymouth Brethren Christian Church
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- Submission to the parliamentary inquiry into the 2025 australian election
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- Correcting the Record: The Australian Prime Minister’s comments regarding the “Exclusive Brethren” on 24 August 2026 | Plymouth Brethren Christian Church
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- Founder and former ceo 777 partners pleads guilty 500 million fraud scheme
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- Australian Bonza Airlines backer pleads guilty to US$500 million fraud scheme
- US businessman whose firm invested in European soccer clubs pleads guilty to fraud
- 777 partners founder pleads guilty to 500 million fraud scheme
- 777 Partners co-founder pleads guilty to $500m fraud
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