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Lloyd Jones

THE TRUTH ABOUT: Australia home to two million before europeans arrived | History Defined

Research has put Australia's Indigenous population at more than two million when Europeans arrived. (James Ross/AAP PHOTOS)

Australia's Indigenous population before the arrival of Europeans was up to seven times larger than previously thought, research suggests.

The study shows First Nations people suffered an estimated 93 per cent population loss in less than 80 years following the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788.

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