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	== Sea Level Rise (postglacial) ==		== Sea Level Rise (postglacial) ==
	Based on oral traditions gathered at least 21 locations in mainland Australia, cross-referenced with geological data, ~~Indigenous~~ transmissions of coastal drowning are likely to recall the effects of postglacial sea-level rise more than 7000 years ago.		Based on oral traditions gathered at least 21 locations in mainland Australia, cross-referenced with geological data, Aboriginal transmissions of coastal drowning are likely to recall the effects of postglacial sea-level rise more than 7000 years ago.

	The most compelling arguments for the authenticity of these 21 stories is that		The most compelling arguments for the authenticity of these 21 stories is that

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	Postglacial sea-level rise must have had a massive impact on the social lives of Aboriginal coastal dwellers. Within 12 000 years, greater Australia lost 23 per cent of its landmass, ~~about 85.5 per cent~~ of which ~~might~~ have been occupied. Generation after generation ~~must~~ have had to renegotiate land tenure arrangements with inland neighbours, and make stay-or-go decisions about island/lowland clan estates. ~~So while the noteworthiness of~~ slow inexorable sea-level rise ~~might appear~~ to pale against sudden flooding events, ~~Australian Aborigines~~ must have lived with high levels of awareness that inundation was taking place, and ~~had been so~~ for a long time.		Postglacial sea-level rise must have had a massive impact on the social lives of Aboriginal coastal dwellers. Within 12 000 years, greater Australia lost 23 per cent of its landmass, most of which may have been occupied. Generation after generation would have had to renegotiate land tenure arrangements with inland neighbours, and make stay-or-go decisions about island/lowland clan estates. Though slow inexorable sea-level rise may seem to pale against sudden flooding events, postglacial civilizations must have lived with high levels of awareness that inundation was taking place, and for a long time.

	After the sea level stabilised 6000–4000 years ago, what would be the motivation to continue telling sea-level-rise stories? In the formation of land sovereignty, complex land-naming and land-relating processes become inculcated in ritualised ways within a corpus of traditional knowledge, and are usually explicit in rite-of-passage ceremonies as evidence of claims to land. For example, one plausible explanation for the Indindji people of coastal Queensland continuing to tell the story of Mudaga, the island named after the pencil pines that once grew on it -- for thousands of years after it was no longer visible -- is if that story were part of an explicitly taught package of stories inherited through ~~land-owning~~ Indindji ~~patrilines~~. For the existence of Mudaga, even submerged, constitutes evidence of knowing one’s country~~, and thus establishing~~ one’s relationship ~~with~~ that country. Without such ~~ritualised framing~~, the transmission of such stories across perhaps over 100 generations would seem to be implausibly vulnerable to chance link-breaking.		After the sea level stabilised 6000–4000 years ago, what would be the motivation to continue telling sea-level-rise stories? In the formation of land sovereignty, complex land-naming and land-relating processes become inculcated in ritualised ways within a corpus of traditional knowledge, and are usually explicit in rite-of-passage ceremonies as evidence of claims to land. For example, one plausible explanation for the Indindji people of coastal Queensland continuing to tell the story of Mudaga, the island named after the pencil pines that once grew on it -- for thousands of years after it was no longer visible -- is if that story were part of an explicitly taught package of stories inherited through Indindji stewardship genealogy. For the existence of Mudaga, even submerged, constitutes evidence of knowing one’s country by spelling out one’s relationship to that country. Without such ritual ceremony, the transmission of such stories across perhaps over 100 generations would seem to be implausibly vulnerable to chance link-breaking.

	<ref name = "Nunn + Reid 2016">Patrick D. Nunn & Nicholas J. Reid (2016) "Aboriginal Memories of Inundation of the Australian Coast Dating from More than 7000 Years Ago," Australian Geographer, 47:1, 11-47, DOI: 10.1080/00049182.2015.1077539</ref>		<ref name = "Nunn + Reid 2016">Patrick D. Nunn & Nicholas J. Reid (2016) "Aboriginal Memories of Inundation of the Australian Coast Dating from More than 7000 Years Ago," Australian Geographer, 47:1, 11-47, DOI: 10.1080/00049182.2015.1077539</ref>

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	Postglacial sea-level rise must have had a massive impact on the social lives of Aboriginal coastal dwellers. Within 12 000 years, greater Australia lost 23 per cent of its landmass, about 85.5 per cent of which might have been occupied Generation after generation must have had to renegotiate land tenure arrangements with inland neighbours, and make stay-or-go decisions about island/lowland clan estates. So while the noteworthiness of slow inexorable sea-level rise might appear to pale against sudden flooding events, Australian Aborigines must have lived with high levels of awareness that inundation was taking place, and had been so for a long time.		Postglacial sea-level rise must have had a massive impact on the social lives of Aboriginal coastal dwellers. Within 12 000 years, greater Australia lost 23 per cent of its landmass, about 85.5 per cent of which might have been occupied. Generation after generation must have had to renegotiate land tenure arrangements with inland neighbours, and make stay-or-go decisions about island/lowland clan estates. So while the noteworthiness of slow inexorable sea-level rise might appear to pale against sudden flooding events, Australian Aborigines must have lived with high levels of awareness that inundation was taking place, and had been so for a long time.

	After the sea level stabilised 6000–4000 years ago, what would be the motivation to continue telling sea-level-rise stories? In the formation of land sovereignty, complex land-naming and land-relating processes become inculcated in ritualised ways within a corpus of traditional knowledge, and are usually explicit in rite-of-passage ceremonies as evidence of claims to land. For example, one plausible explanation for the Indindji people of coastal Queensland continuing to tell the story of Mudaga, the island named after the pencil pines that once grew on it -- for thousands of years after it was no longer visible -- is if that story were part of an explicitly taught package of stories inherited through land-owning Indindji patrilines. For the existence of Mudaga, even submerged, constitutes evidence of knowing one’s country, and thus establishing one’s relationship with that country. Without such ritualised framing, the transmission of such stories across perhaps over 100 generations would seem to be implausibly vulnerable to chance link-breaking.		After the sea level stabilised 6000–4000 years ago, what would be the motivation to continue telling sea-level-rise stories? In the formation of land sovereignty, complex land-naming and land-relating processes become inculcated in ritualised ways within a corpus of traditional knowledge, and are usually explicit in rite-of-passage ceremonies as evidence of claims to land. For example, one plausible explanation for the Indindji people of coastal Queensland continuing to tell the story of Mudaga, the island named after the pencil pines that once grew on it -- for thousands of years after it was no longer visible -- is if that story were part of an explicitly taught package of stories inherited through land-owning Indindji patrilines. For the existence of Mudaga, even submerged, constitutes evidence of knowing one’s country, and thus establishing one’s relationship with that country. Without such ritualised framing, the transmission of such stories across perhaps over 100 generations would seem to be implausibly vulnerable to chance link-breaking.

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	Postglacial sea-level rise must have had a massive impact on the social lives of Aboriginal coastal dwellers. Within 12 000 years, greater Australia lost 23 per cent of its landmass, about 85.5 per cent of which might have been occupied Generation after generation must have had to renegotiate land tenure arrangements with inland neighbours, and make stay-or-go decisions about island/lowland clan estates. So while the noteworthiness of slow inexorable sea-level rise might appear to pale against sudden flooding events, Australian Aborigines must have lived with high levels of awareness that inundation was taking place, and had been so for a long time.		Postglacial sea-level rise must have had a massive impact on the social lives of Aboriginal coastal dwellers. Within 12 000 years, greater Australia lost 23 per cent of its landmass, about 85.5 per cent of which might have been occupied Generation after generation must have had to renegotiate land tenure arrangements with inland neighbours, and make stay-or-go decisions about island/lowland clan estates. So while the noteworthiness of slow inexorable sea-level rise might appear to pale against sudden flooding events, Australian Aborigines must have lived with high levels of awareness that inundation was taking place, and had been so for a long time.

	After the sea level stabilised 6000–4000 years ago, what would be the motivation ~~for continuing~~ to ~~tell~~ sea-level-rise stories? In the formation of land sovereignty, complex land-naming and land-relating processes become inculcated in ritualised ways within a corpus of traditional knowledge, and are usually explicit in rite-of-passage ceremonies as evidence of claims to land. For example, one plausible explanation for the Indindji people of coastal Queensland continuing to tell the story of Mudaga, the island named after the pencil pines that once grew on it -- for thousands of years after it was no longer visible -- is if that story were part of an explicitly taught package of stories inherited through land-owning Indindji patrilines. For the existence of Mudaga, even submerged, constitutes evidence of knowing one’s country, and thus establishing one’s relationship with that country. Without such ritualised framing, the transmission of such stories across perhaps over 100 generations would seem to be implausibly vulnerable to chance link-breaking.		After the sea level stabilised 6000–4000 years ago, what would be the motivation to continue telling sea-level-rise stories? In the formation of land sovereignty, complex land-naming and land-relating processes become inculcated in ritualised ways within a corpus of traditional knowledge, and are usually explicit in rite-of-passage ceremonies as evidence of claims to land. For example, one plausible explanation for the Indindji people of coastal Queensland continuing to tell the story of Mudaga, the island named after the pencil pines that once grew on it -- for thousands of years after it was no longer visible -- is if that story were part of an explicitly taught package of stories inherited through land-owning Indindji patrilines. For the existence of Mudaga, even submerged, constitutes evidence of knowing one’s country, and thus establishing one’s relationship with that country. Without such ritualised framing, the transmission of such stories across perhaps over 100 generations would seem to be implausibly vulnerable to chance link-breaking.

	<ref name = "Nunn + Reid 2016">Patrick D. Nunn & Nicholas J. Reid (2016) "Aboriginal Memories of Inundation of the Australian Coast Dating from More than 7000 Years Ago," Australian Geographer, 47:1, 11-47, DOI: 10.1080/00049182.2015.1077539</ref>		<ref name = "Nunn + Reid 2016">Patrick D. Nunn & Nicholas J. Reid (2016) "Aboriginal Memories of Inundation of the Australian Coast Dating from More than 7000 Years Ago," Australian Geographer, 47:1, 11-47, DOI: 10.1080/00049182.2015.1077539</ref>

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	(2) they tell essentially the same story, yet one that is specific to a particular coastal		(2) they tell essentially the same story, yet one that is specific to a particular coastal
	geography.		geography.

	If it is true, that Indigenous histories record when the ocean rose across the various parts of the continental shelf to which they refer, then it is possible to assign ages to each story by plotting the minimum and maximum water depths derived for each against postglacial sea-level changes.

	Postglacial sea-level rise must have had a massive impact on the social lives of Aboriginal coastal dwellers. Within 12 000 years, greater Australia lost 23 per cent of its landmass, about 85.5 per cent of which might have been occupied Generation after generation must have had to renegotiate land tenure arrangements with inland neighbours, and make stay-or-go decisions about island/lowland clan estates. So while the noteworthiness of slow inexorable sea-level rise might appear to pale against sudden flooding events, Australian Aborigines must have lived with high levels of awareness that inundation was taking place, and had been so for a long time.		Postglacial sea-level rise must have had a massive impact on the social lives of Aboriginal coastal dwellers. Within 12 000 years, greater Australia lost 23 per cent of its landmass, about 85.5 per cent of which might have been occupied Generation after generation must have had to renegotiate land tenure arrangements with inland neighbours, and make stay-or-go decisions about island/lowland clan estates. So while the noteworthiness of slow inexorable sea-level rise might appear to pale against sudden flooding events, Australian Aborigines must have lived with high levels of awareness that inundation was taking place, and had been so for a long time.

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	(2) they tell essentially the same story, yet one that is specific to a particular coastal		(2) they tell essentially the same story, yet one that is specific to a particular coastal
	geography.		geography.

	~~Had stories been found in just one small part of the Australian coast, told by only a few~~
	~~Indigenous communities, then one might suspect they had their roots in a single event, possibly~~
	~~even one that was imagined rather than based on observation. Similarly, if stories differed~~
	significantly in their key detail (perhaps the number of those involving inundation equalled by the number recalling coastal emergence from sea level fall) then one would rightly question whether any meaning could be attached to the corpus of stories. Yet no stories are known that talk of the sea level falling and exposing coastal lands.

	If it is true, that Indigenous histories record when the ocean rose across the various parts of the continental shelf to which they refer, then it is possible to assign ages to each story by plotting the minimum and maximum water depths derived for each against postglacial sea-level changes.		If it is true, that Indigenous histories record when the ocean rose across the various parts of the continental shelf to which they refer, then it is possible to assign ages to each story by plotting the minimum and maximum water depths derived for each against postglacial sea-level changes.

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	= History =		= History =
	== Sea Level Rise (~~Postglacial~~) ==		== Sea Level Rise (postglacial) ==
	Based on oral traditions gathered at least 21 locations in mainland Australia, cross-referenced with geological data, Indigenous ~~Knowledge about~~ coastal drowning are likely to recall the effects of postglacial sea-level rise more than 7000 years ago.		Based on oral traditions gathered at least 21 locations in mainland Australia, cross-referenced with geological data, Indigenous transmissions of coastal drowning are likely to recall the effects of postglacial sea-level rise more than 7000 years ago.

	The most compelling arguments for the authenticity of these 21 stories is that		The most compelling arguments for the authenticity of these 21 stories is that

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	Based on oral traditions gathered at least 21 locations in mainland Australia, cross-referenced with geological data, Indigenous Knowledge about coastal drowning are likely to recall the effects of postglacial sea-level rise more than 7000 years ago.		Based on oral traditions gathered at least 21 locations in mainland Australia, cross-referenced with geological data, Indigenous Knowledge about coastal drowning are likely to recall the effects of postglacial sea-level rise more than 7000 years ago.

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	If it is true, that Indigenous histories record when the ocean rose across the various parts of the continental shelf to which they refer, then it is possible to assign ages to each story by plotting the minimum and maximum water depths derived for each against postglacial sea-level changes.		If it is true, that Indigenous histories record when the ocean rose across the various parts of the continental shelf to which they refer, then it is possible to assign ages to each story by plotting the minimum and maximum water depths derived for each against postglacial sea-level changes.

			Postglacial sea-level rise must have had a massive impact on the social lives of Aboriginal coastal dwellers. Within 12 000 years, greater Australia lost 23 per cent of its landmass, about 85.5 per cent of which might have been occupied Generation after generation must have had to renegotiate land tenure arrangements with inland neighbours, and make stay-or-go decisions about island/lowland clan estates. So while the noteworthiness of slow inexorable sea-level rise might appear to pale against sudden flooding events, Australian Aborigines must have lived with high levels of awareness that inundation was taking place, and had been so for a long time.

			After the sea level stabilised 6000–4000 years ago, what would be the motivation for continuing to tell sea-level-rise stories? In the formation of land sovereignty, complex land-naming and land-relating processes become inculcated in ritualised ways within a corpus of traditional knowledge, and are usually explicit in rite-of-passage ceremonies as evidence of claims to land. For example, one plausible explanation for the Indindji people of coastal Queensland continuing to tell the story of Mudaga, the island named after the pencil pines that once grew on it -- for thousands of years after it was no longer visible -- is if that story were part of an explicitly taught package of stories inherited through land-owning Indindji patrilines. For the existence of Mudaga, even submerged, constitutes evidence of knowing one’s country, and thus establishing one’s relationship with that country. Without such ritualised framing, the transmission of such stories across perhaps over 100 generations would seem to be implausibly vulnerable to chance link-breaking.

	<ref name = "Nunn + Reid 2016">Patrick D. Nunn & Nicholas J. Reid (2016) "Aboriginal Memories of Inundation of the Australian Coast Dating from More than 7000 Years Ago," Australian Geographer, 47:1, 11-47, DOI: 10.1080/00049182.2015.1077539</ref>		<ref name = "Nunn + Reid 2016">Patrick D. Nunn & Nicholas J. Reid (2016) "Aboriginal Memories of Inundation of the Australian Coast Dating from More than 7000 Years Ago," Australian Geographer, 47:1, 11-47, DOI: 10.1080/00049182.2015.1077539</ref>

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	Indigenous communities, then one might suspect they had their roots in a single event, possibly		Indigenous communities, then one might suspect they had their roots in a single event, possibly
	even one that was imagined rather than based on observation. Similarly, if stories differed		even one that was imagined rather than based on observation. Similarly, if stories differed
	significantly in their key ~~detail—perhaps~~ the number of those involving inundation equalled by the number recalling coastal emergence from sea level ~~fall—then~~ one would rightly question whether any meaning could be attached to the corpus of stories. Yet no stories are known that talk of the sea level falling and exposing coastal lands.		significantly in their key detail (perhaps the number of those involving inundation equalled by the number recalling coastal emergence from sea level fall) then one would rightly question whether any meaning could be attached to the corpus of stories. Yet no stories are known that talk of the sea level falling and exposing coastal lands.

	If it is true that Indigenous ~~stories are memories of times~~ when the ocean rose across the various parts of the continental shelf to which they refer, then it is possible to assign ages to each story by plotting the minimum and maximum water depths derived for each against postglacial sea-level changes.		If it is true, that Indigenous histories record when the ocean rose across the various parts of the continental shelf to which they refer, then it is possible to assign ages to each story by plotting the minimum and maximum water depths derived for each against postglacial sea-level changes.
	<ref name = "Nunn + Reid 2016">Patrick D. Nunn & Nicholas J. Reid (2016) "Aboriginal Memories of Inundation of the Australian Coast Dating from More than 7000 Years Ago," Australian Geographer, 47:1, 11-47, DOI: 10.1080/00049182.2015.1077539</ref>		<ref name = "Nunn + Reid 2016">Patrick D. Nunn & Nicholas J. Reid (2016) "Aboriginal Memories of Inundation of the Australian Coast Dating from More than 7000 Years Ago," Australian Geographer, 47:1, 11-47, DOI: 10.1080/00049182.2015.1077539</ref>