I was taught Aboriginie is the noun, and Aboriginal the adjective.
Wow really?! I was never taught that. In a lot of the text from colonial times Indigenous Australians are referred to as Aborigines or so I wonder if thats where the offensiveness comes from? I've googled a bit and can only find stuff that states "aborigine" is deemed as offensive but not an actual reason. I wish I'd been more awake in social studies LOL!

Sorry for overtaking your thread Starbright... just trying to educate myself I guess