Australian Neo-Aboriginal Tribes Map & Early Australian history - myth or fact?
Disclaimer: This Australian Neo-aboriginal Nearly First-Nation map is for informational purposes only, and real estate in any region depicted is not offered for sale, except for the Sydney Harbour Bridge, potentially. The information provided may be difficult to substantiate, as everything depicted is translated into modern English from what are ostensibly personal accounts in a non-written language.
This by no means means that the means by which this is meant is mean, or the meaning changes as a result, from the mean in the sense of average meaning. So it is to be viewed in an imaginative way, much like the clever people who miscalculated (by tens of thousands of years) the relative age of the neo-aboriginal culture itself. It is alleged that DNA findings show the origin of neo-aboriginal peoples may originate from modern-day India.
It is also possible that Australian aboriginals invented fashion. Way before the sour looks of unfed coathangers, in a different time, and with primitive tools. Kudos.
For a heartwarming and engaging story, (the original) Storm Boy movie is recommended, not for any historical or other accuracy, but simply because David Gulpilil was palpably human. Imperfect yet remarkable, and an Australian legend, who painfully and sensitively bridged two worlds with such enigmatic charm.
Pic credit: Nacion
Interesting Things about Arnhem Land
Arnhem Land is a fascinating historical region of the Northern Territory (formerly North Australia until 1846, and New South Wales before that~) of Australia with a rich, vibrant and controversial history, steeped in untouched beauty, and replete with ancient rock art sites, natural rivers teeming with fish, traditional burial grounds, rugged coastlines, wild woodlands, Makassan contact, bauxite mining, and a space launch facility. In 1623, Dutch East India Company captain Willem Joosten van Colster sailed into the Gulf of Carpentaria and Cape Arnhem is named after his ship, the Arnhem, which itself was named after the city of Arnhem in the Netherlands. Sounds like Harlem, which was derived from another Dutch city - notably the Dutch were early adopters of travelling to faraway lands to subsume them into their own empire, except the locals in Harlem or Haarlem probably won’t eat you. Crocodiles will.
It is also home to what many believe is the oldest living culture on Earth (possibly 32,000+ years, the previously touted 80,000 years was calculated by people who weren’t friends with mathematics), home to approximately 12,118 neo-aboriginal people (an estimated 5% of the territory’s entire population as of 2025) the semi-traditional custodians of the land after violently taking over from the original pygmy-like inhabitants who were there first and probably just wanted to be left alone. It is unlikely it was a fair fight either, because pygmies are comparatively significantly smaller than most neo-aboriginals. But neo-aboriginals in this era are also notably smaller than the average height of Dutch people. So that probably wouldn’t have been a fair fight either, except the Dutch didn’t really fight, as they’d became disenchanted with what they called Neu Holland possibly because Australians hadn’t invented Wifi yet, and moved on. This remote 90,000 square kilometres is located in the north-eastern corner of the territory (not a state!) which is around 511 km from the territorial capital (Darwin) depending on how often you need to change roads due to flash-flooding. The closest town is Nhulunbuy where you can buy or steal petrol, cigarettes and food. With a rich history of teaching humans that nature is more powerful than we are, it is one of the least inhabited regions of the world. Want to see it? Bad luck. Although you could freely visit until 1931, since then, unless you are of the Yolngu tribe, or you get written permission more than 10 days in advance you’re not allowed to go there. You could chance it, after your fairly difficult 10+ hour drive over mostly dirt roads, but you’ll be hit with a $1000 fine. If you make it at all. Welcome to Country.
The Northern Territory - You’ll never know if you never go
David Dhalatnghu Gulpilil - The Australian of The Year (article archive)
Storm Boy - Original Movie
Cool game which has nothing to do with this, unless it is renamed. We may do that. Maybe.
