c. 65,000 BCE
Exploration
Australia
Peopling of Australia
Occupation at Madjedbebe in Arnhem Land shows humans established across open water in Sahul.
Why it mattered
Demonstrates planned sea crossings and the first colonisation of a new continent.
Stone Age
65,000 BCE
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