Join FunTrivia for Free: Hourly trivia games, quizzes, community, and more!
Fun Trivia
Ask FunTrivia: Questions and Answers
Answers to 100,000 Fascinating Questions
Welcome to FunTrivia's Question & Answer forum!

Search All Questions


Please cite any factual claims with citation links or references from authoritative sources. Editors continuously recheck submissions and claims.

Archived Questions

Goto Qn #


Do all Australian aboriginal children have light colored hair?

Question #122785. Asked by unclerick.
Last updated Aug 14 2021.

avatar
star_gazer star
Answer has 2 votes
star_gazer star
22 year member
5236 replies avatar

Answer has 2 votes.
No.

The Australian Aborigines established themselves throughout Australia, including Tasmania, long before Europeans "discovered" it. Small groups began arriving by sea at least 40,000 years ago; they probably traveled from Southeast Asia to Australia's north coast. Aborigines are dark skinned, with numerous regional variations in their anatomical features and hair color. Before the first European settlement of Australia, the Aborigines were estimated to number from 300,000 to 750,000. In 2006 approximately 517,200 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people were officially identified; fewer than 100,000 of them are of homogenous ancestry, with the remainder mixed Aboriginal and European.

gme-ada.grolier.com/article?assetid=0000760-0 no longer exists
link https://factsfornow.scholastic.com/article?product_id=gme&type=0ta&uid=10664968&id=0000760-0

Response last updated by gtho4 on Aug 14 2021.
Aug 01 2011, 7:41 PM
avatar
Baloo55th star
Answer has 2 votes
Baloo55th star
21 year member
4545 replies avatar

Answer has 2 votes.
In some areas, most of the children start out light haired, but go dark later. Staying blond(e) as an adult is not all that rare and is not necessarily due to Northern European genes entering the local gene pool. Blond(e) individuals were noted at the first contacts. link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blond

Aug 02 2011, 4:09 AM
free email trivia FREE! Get a new mixed Fun Trivia quiz each day in your email. It's a fun way to start your day!


arrow Your Email Address:

Sign in or Create Free User ID to participate in the discussion