
John Mulvaney
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John Mulvaney was an Australian archaeologist and historian, known for his contributions to understanding the pre-colonial history of Indigenous Australians. Along with his colleague J. Peter White, he argued for a population estimate of approximately 750,000 Aboriginal people prior to European settlement, emphasizing the consequences of colonisation.
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Archaeologist John Mulvaney argued in 1987 that the Aboriginal population was more likely 750,000.
Australia’s Indigenous population estimated at 2.2m before ‘demographic catastrophe’ of colonisation | Indigenous AustraliansThe Guardian·
United Kingdom· 2026-09-15






