Despite attempts by many Australians and even politicians to gloss over the brutal colonisation of Australia, there is no denying the brutal treatment of Aboriginal people in Australia that continues to take place today.

 Australia is made up of many different and distinct Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander groups, each with their own culture, language, beliefs and practices.

 Indigenous Australians are people with familial heritage to groups that lived in Australia before British colonisation. They include the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of Australia.

Underwater Cultural Heritage encompasses all traces of human existence that lie or were lying under water and have a cultural, archaeological or historical character.