Due to colonization a lot of the knowledge was lost but from what little I can find there was a martial art called " Koonomon Tagip Baip " which was practiced hand to hand with no weapon and then there was the Club and Shield martial art.
Does anyone have any information?
Old Australian aboriginal martial arts are not described in detail. The main unarmed martial art which were observed was wrestling, and there appear to have been many different local types of wrestling (as expected, since this is a very common pattern worldwide). Other than wrestling, there was the use of traditional weapons such as the spear, spearthrower, club, boomerang, and shield. There was also the skill of avoiding spears by dodging. Techniques of using spearthrowers and boomerangs have survived into modern times, with their use as hunting weapons.
There have been small-scale revivals/reconstructions of Aboriginal martial arts. These appear to be speculative reconstructions, based on general descriptions at most. Perhaps the best known of these is Coreeda, "kangaroo spirit" in the Ngiyambaa language, which began in 1998. Competition takes place in two distinct ways. First, there is a dance competition, which often resembles Capoeira. This is followed by sumo-like wrestling. To see Coreeda in action, see:
Coreeda in Sydney: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXquEqXu1LM
On Mornington Island: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejOOj4bOqJ0
For more on Coreeda, see the Coreeda Association's Facebook page:
or an archived copy of their now-defunct web page:
and this short segment from SBS's "Living Black":
Another reconstruction of Aboriginal wrestling is 3 Tails, developed in Broome over the last decade:
Generally, during the 20th century, Australian Aboriginals who were inclined towards martial arts went into boxing, some of them with considerable success and financial gain (sometimes only short-term). For an overview of some of the more successful Aboriginal boxers, see
Are there any historical statements from Europeans who fought the Aboriginals or witnessed a fight going on between Aboriginals?