28-04-2017, 08:52 AM
Four hundred years ago Australia was not that different to what India was five thousand years ago. Sydney alone had five linguistic groups, Gadigal, Wangal, Burramattagal and Wallumattagal. Multiply that by as many tribes as were in the country and you have the same interwoven conspiracy of languages as we’re dealing with in India.
If an invading and hostile fleet provoked the migration of the Sydney tribes to the safety of the north, an odyssey of centuries, by the time they reached Darwin their languages would not be understood by the ones they left behind.
That's the basic premise.
If an invading and hostile fleet provoked the migration of the Sydney tribes to the safety of the north, an odyssey of centuries, by the time they reached Darwin their languages would not be understood by the ones they left behind.
That's the basic premise.