Aboriginal - Aborijinaru

Japanese: アボリジナル - あぼりじなる
Aboriginal - Aborijinaru

...refers to the indigenous people who lived on the Australian continent without writing, before the Chinese and Europeans arrived (1788). Both the government and private sectors used to call them Aborigines or Aboriginals, but in recent times the term "indigenous people" has begun to be used officially. Furthermore, the Torres Strait Islanders, who are of a slightly different race and culture, and the Oceanian Islanders who previously arrived (excluding the Maori of New Zealand), are also lumped together as Australian Aboriginals in administrative and daily life terms.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Aboriginal" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…中国人やヨーロッパ人の渡来(1788)以前からオーストラリア大陸に住んでいた無文字の先住民を指す。官民ともにアボリジニー(アボリジン)Aborigine,アボリジナルAboriginalと呼んでいたが,最近は公的には先住民indigenous peopleという表現が好んで使われ始めている。さらに,これとは人種,文化のやや違うトレス海峡諸島民,およびかつて渡来したオセアニア諸島民(ニュージーランドのマオリを除く)も行政,日常生活においてはオーストラリア先住民として一括されている。…

※「アボリジナル」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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