{
  "id": 7517919,
  "title": "Australia’s Indigenous population estimated at 2.2m before ‘demographic catastrophe’ of colonisation",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/australias-indigenous-population-estimated-at-2-2m-before-demographic",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-15T09:00:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian",
    "slug": "the-guardian",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/15/australia-indigenous-population-before-colonisation-underestimated-ntwnfb"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Study finds earlier numbers were underestimated, suggesting impact of diseases and massacres were much greater than previously thought Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia before colonisation was dramatically underestimated, according to new research that suggests many more of them were killed.…",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian Australia",
        "title": "Australia’s Indigenous population estimated at 2.2m before ‘demographic catastrophe’ of colonisation",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/australias-indigenous-population-estimated-at-2-2m-before-demographic-7519250",
        "published": "2026-09-15T09:00:31.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Conversation AU",
        "title": "More than 2 million Indigenous people lived in Australia in 1788: new research",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/more-than-2-million-indigenous-people-lived-in-australia-in-1788-new",
        "published": "2026-09-15T09:00:49.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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