Indigenous Australian population was much larger than previously thought and decimated after First Fleet's arrival

Australia had a much larger Indigenous population before the arrival of Europeans than previously thought, according to new research. The research also demonstrates much larger population losses resulting from colonization than previously believed, with an estimated 93% of the pre-European popul...

Source: [Phys.org](https://phys.org/news/2026-09-indigenous-australian-population-larger-previously.html)