Before Contact

120,000

Analysis of pollen suggests human use of fire in NSW (uncertain).

60,000

Evidence suggests habitation at this time in Arnhem Land, NT. (Evidence disputed by some)

45,000

Rock engravings made in SA (earliest dated Petroglyphs)

41,000

Evidence suggests habitation in the Fitzroy Valley, northern WA.

40,000

Clear evidence of habitation in NSW

30,000

Burial occurred with use of ochre. One of earliest known ritual burials in world.

10,000

Boomerang has been invented and is being used

9,000

Evidence that Rainbow Serpent is important in belief system. (This is the longest continuing belief in the world)