Talk:Indigenous peoples of Australia

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Contents 1 earlier comments 2 Requested move 3 References? 4 Tasmanian Aboriginal Population 5 Dumb slur

[edit] earlier comments

the dubbo tribe doesnt exist at all so they are non aboriginals unless you can tell me the aboriginal heritage of dubbo then there is no aboriginal tribe of dubbo —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 203.54.171.243 (talk • contribs).

not sure what you mean? the Wiradjuri are from the dubbo area i think --Astrokey44 09:07, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Requested move

There's a new poll here that would (hopefully) end all this "Indigenous" vs. "Aborigine" controversy. Feel free to vote. Zarbat 09:21, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] References?

If I remove everything from this page which is unreferenced there is nothing left. On the talk page it is disputed that Dubbo forms the tribabl area of any group - I would have thought the current entry is correct but it's not sourced.

Can someone please provide a reliable source for this article?Garrie 01:36, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tasmanian Aboriginal Population

On Tasmania: The original Aboriginal population is estimated to be about 6000, rather than 8000. Michael Roe, 'Tasmania', Oxford Companion to Australian History. Oxford University Press, Melbourne: 1998, p.628. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.137.19.119 (talk) 23:12, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Dumb slur

Why do vandals sometimes call people boongs? That sounds like an instrument stoners use to smoke marijuana in some other parts of the world. 204.52.215.13 (talk) 08:05, 28 November 2007 (UTC)