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Australia’s pre-colonial population could be massively underestimated

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WARNING: This report contains depictions of Indigenous people who have died and has distressing details. The size of Australia's pre-colonial population has long been shaped by decades-old estimations by anthropologists. But such figures could be out by millions, according to a new study into the size of the demographic collapse experienced by Indigenous Australians.
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