''The First Walkabout'' is an Australian children's novel first published in 1954. It tells the story of the very earliest occupation of the continent of Australia by the

Negrito The term Negrito () refers to several diverse ethnic groups who inhabit isolated parts of Southeast Asia and the Andaman Islands. Populations often described as Negrito include: the Andamanese peoples (including the Great Andamanese, the O ...

people, a group that arrived in Australia before the ancestors of the present-day

Aboriginal peoples Indigenous peoples are culturally distinct ethnic groups whose members are directly descended from the earliest known inhabitants of a particular geographic region and, to some extent, maintain the language and culture of those original people ...

Critical reception

While covering a selection of possible Christmas book gifts for children in ''The Brisbane Telegraph'' in 1954, a reviewer noted: "Mr. Tindale is ethnologist at the South Australian museum, and Mr. Lindsay is the well-known authority on the Australian bushland. They have collaborated to produce an authentic and entertaining story of Australia some ten or twelve thousand years ago.""Christmas Books for Juniors" by D. D., ''The Brisbane Telegraph'', 18 December 1954, p18
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Australian children's novels 1954 Australian novels Children's historical novels Novels set in prehistory CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award-winning works 1954 children's books Children's books set in Australia Children's books set in prehistory {{1950s-child-hist-novel-stub

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