Recent Changes

Timeline - Pre-Contact
40 000 years ago
Lake Mungo.
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http://www.janesoceania.com/australia_aborigines_lifeanddeath_lakemungo/index1.htm
31 000 years ago
Evidence of Aboriginal people living at the Keilor site in Victoria
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http://www.janesoceania.com/australia_aborigines_australoids/index1.htm
20 000 years ago
Aboriginal people are well established throughout coastal and mainland Australia and Tasmania.
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http://www.tasmaniatrip.com/history-of-tasmania.html
16 000 years ago
Sea levels begin to rise as ice caps melt. Inland lakes such as Lake Mungo have dried up.

Timeline - Pre-Contact
40 000 years ago
Clear archaeological evidence that Aboriginal people have been living for some time in south eastern Australia eg. Lake Mungo.
31 000 years ago
Evidence of Aboriginal people living at the Keilor site in Victoria
20 000 years ago
Aboriginal people are well established throughout coastal and mainland Australia and Tasmania.
16 000 years ago
Sea levels begin to rise as ice caps melt. Inland lakes such as Lake Mungo have dried up.
13 000 years ago
Land bridges between mainland Australia and Tasmania are flooded. Tasmanian Aboriginal people become isolated for the next 12 000 - 13 000 years.
10 000 years ago
Present day Australian climate established.
8 000 years ago
The Torres Strait Islands are formed when the land bridge between Australia and New Guinea is flooded by rising seas.
6 000 years ago
The 'shape' of Australia's coastline is defined by present sea level.
Settlement of Pacific Islands.
5 000 years ago
Dingo arrives in Australia.