Excerpt from Federal Archeology Report, Vol. 4: March 1991 Aboriginal people colonized the whole of Australia, leaving a rich and important archeological heritage. At the time of European contact, the continent was the only one still populated solely by hunter-gatherer people. Australia is a land of diverse environments, from sandridge deserts to tropical forests and alpine landscapes, and thus a. Study of its long record of human occupation reveals significant insights into human evolution and adaptation. Australia's archeologi cal record is also important because the initial coloniza tion of the continent, which occurred over years ago, comprised the then longest sea voyage, beyond the sight of land, in human history. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.