New report shows how Aboriginal people first reached Australia

The "would have required...." bit suggests I put the whole report in the bin. A theory that posits they came by flying carpet "would have required only a Genie to produce the carpet ...."

No evidence the original peoples had any boat building skillls or explanation of what happened to those skills. No examples of coast dwelling groups still using boats exist. No dreamtime/oral history stories with such content. Lastly, no rebuttal of the long accepted land bridge theory.

I thought they came by space ship as evidenced by the Wandjina paintings and Erich von Daniken's book.

It is only a few decades since the elders in the Kimberly called the Bradshaw art "rubbish art". For convenience, I now believe they have adopted it as their own. I would be inclined to believe the older generations.

Perhaps this item was meant to be in Friday Funnies :)

When we find the boats, we can tick this theory off and put it to bed ! :)) Michael

The ignorance and latent racism is palpable Aussie1.

Theories are just that...theories. I don't know how anyone could prove anything, but it is just another "plausible" explanation of how they got here.

Another deeper discussion is about were they the original inhabitants here ??
How can or could we prove they were or weren't ??

Then we could go deeper.....they lay claim ( by way of land claims ) that they were the original inhabitants, but in the short history of this world, is this the case ??

I think a more plausible name could be .....custodians of the land before white man came !!

Been a while since I did some reading about it but there's no evidence of previous occupation Gronk. It's possible something might be discovered in the future of course.
Very old news but:
New research proves Aboriginal people were Australias first inhabitants
How can we "prove" occupation etc?. "We" can't but anthropologists, archaeologists and other experts who have looked at evidence can make well-educated propositions.
The new arrival theory seems to have a lot of speculation but no compelling supporting evidence. Then again I'm no expert.

Which islands in the North are you referring too?

All the ones that are now subject to native title and are off limits.

Thats fine but which ones are off limits? Torres strait allow people on them. Islands around Darwin and Nhulunbuy also allow people.

Any of the islands on the Kimberly cost that are within the native title area are off limits to anyone without permission to land, that also includes the coast line that is within the native title area. Bit like some of the roads within native title areas you have to get permission to travel. The Port Warrender Road going to Mitchell Plateau and Port Warrender on the coast is an example, last year you were free to travel the road, this year now it is within native title area it will cost you $50 per head and next year that is supposed to double.

No worries. Thought you meant that they wont allow people. Naturally a permit/permission is required.

Have fun getting the permit.

The Port Warrender rd is only $20 per head.

Afaik you can't walk into any private property without an invitation. Try entering a mining lease and see what happens.

They certainly were very territorial, and had many battles with neighboring tribes.
If there were other people here before them, I'm sure there would have been bloodshed, just like our ancestors did to them.

Just like parts of Europe, very hard to determine who was the original inhabitants, being so long ago in the past ?

A combination of generalised codswallop and outright bullshit there Ron. Time to do some reading, and I'd suggest you search for books by authors other than Keith Windshuttle if you want to expand your understanding. I can recommend The Biggest Estate On Earth by Bill Gammage as a starting point.

Every anthropoligist wants to be noted. Without meaning to be unkind it seems thinking up a new theory that can't be proved or disproved is one way of making a splash.

When you look back at all the the theses that have been written and stored at museums around the country there is probably enough paper to crush to death every Aboriginal in the country. The interesting thing is the line between an anthropologist who has worked to actually assist Aboriginal people and those who see it as an academic exercise and being scrupulously careful not to "interfere". There must have been hundreds of studies carried out that observed Aboriginal people living in poverty and slave like conditions on cattle stations but the authors chose to step back and not get involved in politics.

This latest theory reminds me of the notion that the universe started with the big bang. I can never get past the question as what was there before the big bang that caused the bang?

" The Universe must have had a day without a yesterday "

Monseigneur Georges Henri Joseph Édouard Lemaître

Yesterday and tomorrow don't exist. There's always only now. I thought that up now when now was yesterday.

"what was there before the big bang that caused the bang?"......

Well, every time I've heard a big bang - there was always a very loud screech of brakes, right before the big bang ..... [;-)

I'm told that a lot of art on Cape York is referred to as "Dulux art'. Maybe occurs elsewhere also.