
J. Peter White
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J. Peter White was an Australian archaeologist who collaborated with John Mulvaney in advocating for a more accurate estimation of the Indigenous Australian population before colonisation, suggesting a figure of around 750,000, thereby challenging earlier, lower estimates that failed to account for the historical impacts of colonisation.
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J. Peter White collaborated with John Mulvaney in 1987 to argue for a more accurate estimate of the Aboriginal population.
Australia’s Indigenous population estimated at 2.2m before ‘demographic catastrophe’ of colonisation | Indigenous AustraliansThe Guardian·
United Kingdom· 2026-09-15






