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  1. An aborigine is any inhabitant of a region or
  2. country. The word often refers to the original
  3. people of areas colonized by Europeans, and 
  4. especially to Australian Aborigines. Where
  5. there was a population of approximately
  6. 300,000 in 1788 when British settlers first
  7. arrived, there is now only approximately
  8. 160,000.  
  9.  
  10. From the Latin "Ab Origine" meaning: 
  11. From the Beginning.
  12.  
  13. Subject by: Vince Pike
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