Australia Before Cook (TRIH ep 121)
65,000 BCE · Resource
Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook host David Hunt to survey Australian history from its deep prehistory to early European contact. Hunt reviews archaeological and genetic evidence for human arrival (~60–65,000 years ago), discusses Australian megafauna and their contested extinction (~40–44,000 BP), and explains Aboriginal Dreamtime, songlines and cultural diversity. The conversation moves to external contacts: Lapita/Polynesian influences (dingoes), Macassan trepang fisheries from Sulawesi,...
On these timelines: The Rest Is History (podcast), Resources: Combined
Around 65000 BCE
- Settlement of Australia (65000 BCE)