Approximately how many Australian Aboriginal languages were there believed to be in the late 18th century?

Player Teresa611, They, the Australian Aboriginals, were, themselves, colonial invaders, spreading out and overwhelming the more primitive earlier colonists. You don't have a well developed perspective on human behaviour Real life is rough. Poor bleeding heart!

Mars V, You’re right. Why would someone thumbs down that brilliant observation?

The destruction of Indigenous cultures and languages by the colonial invaders of Australia is a tragic crime for which there can never be sufficient apologies or compensation.

It’s always the “more than” choice.