highly significantp = 1.2 × 10 −5
Assuming the population origin on the coast between NQLD and CQLD, we considered Mackay, the first port of entry for European settlers on the Australian tropical coastlands [ 38 ], and found a highly significant positive correlation between β st and distance from Mackay ( r = 0.91, p = 1.2 × 10 −5 , Figure 2 C).