Aborigine/Aborigines is used usually to refer to Aboriginal men rather than Aboriginal people in general. Aboriginal people/men/women/children is preferred by some authors and is sometimes also used here. When the word Aborigine gives a more specific meaning than does Aboriginal person or Aboriginal man/ woman it is used in preference.
The two Aboriginal teenagers murdered by the Argyle Reach settlers are referred to as Aboriginal teenaged boys, Aboriginal teenagers, Aboriginal youths and Aboriginal boys. However, they had already been initiated as adult men or warriors and one, known as Little Jemmy, had a wife or gin.
Natives or blacks are used when a contemporary of the early colonists of New South Wales has used the term. It is also used when relating that person’s account of incidents at the time.
The terms black people and white people are used together in the same context. Clan is a term first used by anthropologists but has come into general use by historians. Clan is used to mean a group of Aboriginal people related by family connection, that is, a family or an extended family group.
Depredations or outrages were the words often used to describe physical attacks by Aborigines on settlers. Mischiefs was also used to describe stealing and other persistent problems caused by Aborigines in settled areas.