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How a 100-year-old population estimate may have got Australia wrong

SBS News - Latest · 15 September 2026 at 7:12 pm

How a 100-year-old population estimate may have got Australia wrong

Australia's pre-colonial population estimates were shaped by a figure from decades ago.

A new study suggests it was far too low.

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