Palaeopathology of Aboriginal Australians: Health and Disease Across a Hunter-Gatherer ContinentUsing data collected from all parts of the continent, this book is a study of the health of Australia's original inhabitants over 50,000 years. It represents the first continental survey of its kind and is the first to quantify and describe important aspects of Australian hunter gatherer health. Major categories of disease described are: stress, osteoarthritis, fractures, congenital deformations, neoplasms and non specific and treponemal infections.