Ancient Australia, ABC report

"Aboriginal people are thought to have inhabited the Australian continent for around 45,000 years before European contact, and are frequently cited as the oldest continuous living culture on Earth.

However, written records of their lives exist only since European contact. Many historians and archaeologists assumed that the culture and traditions of Aboriginal people had altered little over time, and that these written records were an accurate window into the lives of the ancestors of today's Aborigines.

But some archaeologists argue that this is not necessarily the case."

Fran Molloy, 2008 - for the rest of the article go to: ABC Science Report