Question

When europeans arrived in australia, what livelihood was most important to the aborigines? when europeans arrived in australia, what livelihood was most important to the aborigines? pastoral nomadism hunting and gathering swidden fishing plantation agriculture?

Answer 1

Before the contact with Europeans, Indigenous Australians were hunter-gatherers: they were nomads that travelled across the country looking for food and animals to hunt. Although there were some settlements, it is believed that the majority of Australian Aboriginals were nomads.