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Descriptor English: Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
Descriptor Spanish: Aborigenas Australianos e Isleños del Estrecho de Torres
Descriptor pueblo aborigen australiano y pueblo de isleños del estrecho de Torres
Entry term(s) aborigen australiano
aborígenes australianos
australianos aborígenes
indígenas australianos
isleños del estrecho de Torres
pueblo aborigen australiano
pueblos aborígenes australianos
pueblos australianos de isleños del estrecho de Torres
raza australiana
raza australoide
Scope note: Los dos grupos de pueblos indígenas aborígenes de Australia. Incluyen los aborígenes australianos y los isleños del estrecho de Torres. Son dos pueblos distintos con historias, idiomas, prácticas culturales y creencias espirituales únicas.
Descriptor Portuguese: Povos Aborígenes Australianos e Ilhéus do Estreito de Torres
Descriptor French: Aborigènes australiens et insulaires du détroit de Torrès
Entry term(s): Aboriginal Australian
Aboriginal Australians
Aboriginal People, Australian
Aborigine, Australian
Aborigines, Australian
Australian Aboriginal People
Australian Aboriginal Peoples
Australian Aborigine
Australian Aborigines
Australian Race
Australian Torres Strait Islander Peoples
Australian, Aboriginal
Australian, Indigenous
Australoid Race
Indigenous Australian
Indigenous Australians
People, Australian Aboriginal
Torres Strait Islander
Torres Strait Islanders
Tree number(s): M01.270.968.600
M01.686.493.500.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000095283
Scope note: The two groups of indigenous aboriginal peoples of Australia. They include Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders. These are two distinct peoples with unique histories, languages, cultural practices and spiritual beliefs.
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
ED education
EH ethnology
GE genetics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
Public MeSH Note: 2023; for ABORIGINES, AUSTRALIAN see NATIVE HAWAIIAN OR OTHER PACIFIC ISLANDER 2022, see OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP 2006-2021; for AUSTRALOID RACE see NATIVE HAWAIIAN OR OTHER PACIFIC ISLANDER 2022, see OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP 2004-2021, see AUSTRALOID RACE 1978-2003, see AUSTRALIAN RACE 1963-1977
History Note: 2023
DeCS ID: 60340
Unique ID: D000095283
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2022/07/21
Date of Entry: 2022/07/21
Revision Date: 2022/07/23
Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples - Preferred
Concept UI M000757748
Scope note The two groups of indigenous aboriginal peoples of Australia. They include Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders. These are two distinct peoples with unique histories, languages, cultural practices and spiritual beliefs.
Preferred term Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
Entry term(s) Australian, Indigenous
Indigenous Australian
Indigenous Australians
Torres Strait Islanders - Narrower
Concept UI M000757790
Preferred term Torres Strait Islanders
Entry term(s) Australian Torres Strait Islander Peoples
Torres Strait Islander
Australian Aboriginal Peoples - Narrower
Concept UI M000757749
Preferred term Australian Aboriginal Peoples
Entry term(s) Aboriginal Australian
Aboriginal Australians
Aboriginal People, Australian
Aborigine, Australian
Aborigines, Australian
Australian Aboriginal People
Australian Aborigine
Australian Aborigines
Australian, Aboriginal
People, Australian Aboriginal
Australoid Race - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M000757750
Preferred term Australoid Race
Entry term(s) Australian Race



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