What racial grouping are aborigines in?
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classifying human beings in races is stupid and not scientific. the three main groups of negro, caucasian and mongoloids were used by anthropologists anciently but have no longer any scientific value. some countries adopt them as a form of description of their citizens but its not correct to talk about "races". in fact a central european, looking "caucasian", might have a greater genetic affinity (similar DNA) with a black african that, say, with another central european of celtic origin. this even if the looks would suggest the opposite. \nanyways, following the classification u suggest, australian aborigenes, together with melanesians, would be classified as "negro", maoris as "mongoloid", and polynesians as "caucasian"...this shows how bad  and wrong the classification is.
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Race has to do with one's ancestry, but nationality has to do with citizenship.  For example, someone can be Chinese by ancestry (their parents, grandparents, etc. were Chinese), but that person is an American by nationality (because they are an American citizen).\n\nAn ethnic group is usually a collective term referring to people who share similar race and/or nationality.
544033
The Aussies!!!\nOi! Oi! Oi!
662322
I'm from fiji and my country can be located in melanesia just east of indonesia. We are a very dark-skinned race with tightly curled hair and resemble Africans. It's in the pacific ocean... :)
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Melanesia is a region extending from the western side of East Pacific to the Arafura Sea, north and north-east of Australia.\n\nThe term denotes an ethnic and geographical grouping of islands distinct from Polynesia and Micronesia. Most importantly, it combines two quite distinct groups, the Austronesians and the Papuans (who themselves can be considered as comprising a number of distinct groups).\n\nMelanesians are dark skinned unlike natives from the Polynesian Islands, Hawaii.
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Dream Time is part of the Aboriginal system of beliefs that is still practiced by many today, still living in the Australian bush and desert.  It is, put simply, a colourful narrative of their ancestors and how their lands were formed and shaped.  Although the majority of Australian religion is now part of what would be considered "mainstream" religions (Christianity, Judaism, etc...), there still are groups of Aborigines that hold true to this system, which is also one of Australia's richest cultural heritages.
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I dont feel really comfortable answering questions about race relations in othr countries anymore. Quite often you get attacked and the asker comes back at you with comments like who are you to bash our country etc etc...so I will just comment on mine. Im 41 and from Australia. I have a black mother and white father. Ive seen racism from both sides of the street. Our present Government refuses to make any apology for past tragedies to our indigenous people, or for the many generations taken away from their families simply because of Assimilation Policy. Which means get them into white culture, breed out the colour, get rid of em. There were and still are many ongoing problems from historical and current policy. With that said we do have Indigenous groups and factions that are one sided too. Our big problem here is Immigration Policy. We have so many problems with boat people, detention centres for illegals etc its a nightmare. We have some problems with race riots here which are disturbing. There were riots in a Sydney suburb of mainly Indigenous people and boy the media carried it on for months and months and it resulted in some losses to that community, changes in the powers and controls of the police etc. Then we had another incident not long ago re some Middle Easterns and it was all over the news again. But you know hardly anything, in my opinion, was done about this because the Government and police are scared to take action against these groups. I dont know its all so confusing. Its horrible and I just wish we could all get along and not judge each other. Thats probably not much of an answer to your question...sorry
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Who really knows....My guess is aborigine. I mena best guess it appears the island is in the south pacific near Autralia..makes sense to me......
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The other answer is right as this the human presence is still expanding. \n\nGenerally though aborigines were in Australia 40,000 years ago. People also arrived in the Americas at this time (coinciding with the extinction of the wooly mammoth). \n\nAfrica of course was the origin of the human race and with land links to Europe and Asia these were fairly easily colonised.
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South Africa is a nation of 44.8 million people of diverse origins, cultures, languages, and beliefs. The 2001 Statistics South Africa census [11] provided five racial categories by which people could classify themselves, the last of which, "unspecified/other" drew negligible responses, and these results were omitted. Results for the other categories were Black at 75%, Caucasian at 14%, Coloured at 9%, and Indian/Asian at 3%.
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Aussies are generally a tolerant lot, and most would welcome you favourably. However there are a few who are still ignorant and tend to be racist, and when they do, they tend to make a fool of themselves. It is an unpleasant experience to encounter these people. And I hope you never will. I lived in Australia 12 years, and I am from Asia. As long as you make friends there, blend into their culture and learn to speak 'Aussie' - as what they say - You'll be right mate! Good luck.
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Discrimination exists in every country. BY lumping all Australians together in your question you are treading the same path.
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interesting question.  i remember once when i was in college, i was talking to a friend of mine with whom i had just finished an african american studies course.  the friend  was black.  i was talking about the impact that the course had on me, and made some generalized statement about african american culture.  my friend was quick to point out that he wasn't african american - he was jamaican.\n\nblack is a race, much like white, asian, or indian.  blacks can be african - american, jamaican, haitian, brazilian, nigerian, or some other nationality.  i'd say this is comparable to the way whites can be australian, irish, or american.  i think that the term african-american, however, refers solely to the descendants of slaves who were born in and live in this country.\n\nso, to answer your question, i doubt any west indians take offense to being considered black.  they probably would take offense, however, to being called african american.
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Search for "Mallee", "Flinders Ranges", "Roxby Downs", "Toxic Waste Dump", "Great Barrier Reef", "Riverland", "Aboriginal" - These will give you a background to some issues on human interaction with the environment in Australia.\n\nAlso check out political parties websites - For non Aussies try "The Greens" "Austalian Labour Party" "Liberal Party" "The Nationals" "The Democrats"
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Try this site... its' good: \n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Aborigine
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Human race. Pretty soon there will only be one race anyway so it would be a moot point.
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Yes\nAustralia \nBelgium \nNetherlands \nSwitzerland