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Australia was inhabited in prehistoric times until climatic changes led to a population exodus between 15,000 and 25,000 years ago. A population using stone tools was in evidence by 2,000–1,000 BC. The Aboriginal society, composed of extended family groups, numbered around 1m.
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Turner, B. (2004). Australia. In: Turner, B. (eds) The Statesman’s Yearbook 2005. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230271333_114
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