AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES ON THE AXIS OF TIME, SPACE AND BELIEF

Abstract

Unknown until geographical discoveries; but today's Australia, which is imagined as terra australis incognita "unknown
southern lands" in the western world, has a deep-rooted history and culture that goes back to much earlier than the colonial
period. It is thought that Aborigines, the indigenous peoples of the island-continent, descended from the common ancestors of
all humanity, settled in these lands as a result of thousands of years of migration adventure and preserved the world's oldest
culture. It is also assumed that the Australian continent contains the purest form of products that emerge from the interaction
of climate, geography and human phenomena throughout its history. The subject of our research is the possible ancestors of
Aboriginals based on gene researches; possible migration routes; the ancient culture they built; elements of belief and the
factors that affect their social lives in Australia.