Identify the different groups ofpeople believed to have visitedAustralia before British colonisation

Before British colonisation, several groups of people are believed to have visited Australia. These include:

1. Indigenous Australians: The first group of people to live in Australia were the Indigenous Australians, who are believed to have arrived around 65,000 years ago. This group includes both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

2. Macassans: The Macassans from Sulawesi (now part of Indonesia) are believed to have visited Australia's northern coasts as early as the 16th century. They came for trepang (sea cucumber), which was a valuable commodity in Chinese markets.

3. Dutch explorers: In the 17th century, Dutch explorers such as Willem Janszoon and Abel Tasman charted parts of Australia's western and northern coasts.

4. Portuguese and Spanish explorers: There is some evidence, though not universally accepted, that Portuguese and Spanish explorers may have visited Australia in the 16th century.

5. Chinese and Indian traders: There are also theories, though less substantiated, that Chinese and Indian traders may have visited Australia before the British.

6. Polynesians: There is evidence that Polynesians may have reached the eastern part of Australia before the British. The presence of banana cultivation, a plant native to Southeast Asia and the Pacific, in Indigenous communities in Far North Queensland suggests contact with Polynesians.

Remember, the evidence for some of these groups is more solid than for others, and in some cases, the idea that they visited Australia pre-colonisation is still a matter of debate among historians.