Prior to its proclamation as a British settlement in 1836, the area around Adelaide was inhabited by the indigenous Kaurna Aboriginal nation ( pronounced " Garner " or " Gowna ").

Prior to the Bronze Age, the existence of artificial island settlement in Ireland is not as clear.

Prior to discovery and settlement by Europeans, Georgia was inhabited by the mound building cultures.

Prior to and immediately after European settlement, the land today comprising Lancaster and Fairfield County, Ohio was inhabited variously by the Shawnee, Iroquois, Wyandot, and other Native American tribes.

Prior to a permanent settlement being established, there was significant activity along the shore.

Prior to the European settlement of Australia, the Benalla region was populated by the Taungurong people people, an Indigenous Australian people.

Prior to human settlement, there were several million juniper trees in Bermuda.

Prior to European settlement, Groote Eylandt had been inhabited by Aboriginal people for thousands of years and there had been regular contact between local Aboriginals and Macassan traders, evident in the names of some Groote Eylandt settlements, such as Umbakumba, which can be traced back to a Macassan origin.

Prior to European exploration and settlement the Pinellas peninsula was inhabited by the Tocobaga, who built a town and large temple mound overlooking the bay in what is now Safety Harbor.

Prior to Euro-American settlement in what is today Talladega County it was the home of the Abihka tribe of the Creek Confederacy.

Prior to Anglo settlement, the area was inhabited by the Karankawa Indians.

Prior to 1870, the portion of the Republican valley that now includes Harlan County was a prized hunting ground for the Native Americans ; and the threat of attack deterred white settlement in the area.

Prior to settlement the land was occupied by the Sioux tribe.

Prior to settlement by non-indigenous people, it was mostly covered with dense forests consisting of oak, beech, maple, walnut, hickory, sycamore and tulip trees.

Prior to its settlement by European and / or African people, on the site of this town was the Creek Indian village called " Tumkeehatchee ".

Prior to the settlement, the only inhabitants of the Cantwell area were nomadic Athabascan Native Alaskans who hunted and fished.

Prior to European settlement, Native American tribes, including the Quapaw and later the Cherokee Indians, lived in the area.

Prior to 1850, a Pomo settlement named Buldam was located near Mendocino on the north bank of the Big River.

Prior to European settlement, the Minquas ( or Susquehannock ) peoples lived in and around modern-day Newport.

Prior to European settlement in the 1800s Native American groups inhabited the Seminole County area, including land in present-day Casselberry.

Prior to settlement the county of DeKalb that Sycamore is contained within was populated by the Pottawatomie.

Prior to the incorporation of the Village of Grand Cane in 1899, the settlement of four families ( Thomas Abington, Israel Rogers, Wright Hobgood, and John Wagner ) influenced the development of the area around two wagon trails that intersected in the sparsely populated area known as the Grand Cane Territory.

Prior to settlement from families who originated in southern Maine, Native American settlements had existed along the Pleasant River.

Prior to the settlement of the area by English colonists, a hill east of the mouth of the Neponset River near what is now called Squantum was the seat of the ruling Massachusett sachem, or native American leader, Chickatawbut.

Prior to 1843, the settlement was often called " Thornapple ".

Prior to major influence from outside, there were approximately 25, 000 Aleuts on the archipelago.

Prior to 1930, Central Committee departments focused on major components of " political work ".

Prior to the 2008 elections, a decision to change the electoral date and extend the parliamentary mandate resulted in major controversy when the Assembly deputies snubbed the president and chose to extend their mandate.

Prior to the fall of Slobodan Milosevic, he personally united the parliamentary opposition in several major congresses.

Prior to the 1980s, heroin was typically transported from Burma to Thailand, before being trafficked by sea to Hong Kong, which was and still remains the major transit point at which heroin enters the international market.

Prior to major Taiwanese economic success, the mountainous areas held several endemic animal species and subspecies, such as the Swinhoe's Pheasant ( Lophura swinhoii ), Taiwan blue magpie ( Urocissa caerulea ), Formosan Black Bear ( Selanarctos thibetanus formosanus ), the Formosan Sika Deer ( Cervus nippon taiwanensis or Cervus nippon taiouanus ) and the Formosan landlocked salmon ( Oncorhynchus masou formosanus ).

Prior to the rise of the railroad industry, rivers and canals were the major " highways of commerce " in the American Midwest.

Prior to the release of HP-UX version 11. 11, HP used a decimal version numbering scheme with the first number giving the major release and the number following the decimal showing the minor release.

Prior to World War II, a number of major population transfers were the result of bilateral treaties and had the support of international bodies such as the League of Nations.

Prior to the battle, Germany had regarded Britain as a naval power and discounted her as a military force to be reckoned with, believing Germany's major enemies were France and Russia.

Prior to 1915, purchasing associations had formed in at least 10 major cities in the country, including one of the earliest and most active groups in Buffalo, NY, founded in 1904, and the New York Association, formed in 1913, which eventually became the nucleus of the national organization.

Prior to the 2009 – 10 NHL season, the Blackhawks made another major free agent purchase, signing Marian Hossa to a 12-year contract worth 62. 8 million dollars.

Prior to its abolition, the Cup Winners ' Cup was regarded as the second most prestigious European club competition out of the three major tournaments, behind the UEFA Champions League and ahead of the UEFA Cup, although many commentators felt the Cup Winners ' Cup was the easiest of the three competitions to win.

Prior to these changes, The Independent had a daily circulation of around 217, 500, the lowest of any major national British daily, climbing to claim a 15 % rise by March 2004 ( to 250, 000 ).

Prior to 1915, the major north-south roads ( Petaluma Hill Road and Stony Point Road ) bypassed Cotati.

Prior to and during World War II, the naval bases of Point Mugu and Port Hueneme were established in the area to take advantage of the only major navigable port on California's coast between the Port of Los Angeles and San Francisco Bay, and the bases in turn encouraged the development of the defense-based aerospace and communications industries.

Prior to 1992, Fairmont had been home to a major regional frozen food canning operation.

Prior to completion of I-35, traffic was routed directly through town ; generating significant sales revenue to many retailers which literally had a major highway running directly past their doors.

Prior to the construction of the Northway ( Interstate 87 ), US Route 9 was the major north-south highway between Albany and Montreal, which made Schroon Lake a convenient stopping off point for travelers to purchase gas, lodging, and meals.

Prior to 1948 censuses mentioned five major tribes in the Negev: the Tayaha, Tarabin, Azazma, Jabarat and Hanajra.

The war poet Siegfried Sassoon, who appears as a major character in the first book, Regeneration, is relegated to a minor role in this final volume, in which the main players are the fictional working-class officer, Billy Prior, and the real-life psychoanalyst, William Rivers.

( Prior to this time, there was no equal access ; major research telescopes were privately funded, and were available only to the astronomers who taught at the universities that ran them.

Prior to the 1986 – 87 season at the age of 21, Yzerman was named captain of the Red Wings and continuously served for the next two decades ( dressing as captain for over 1300 games ), retiring as the longest-serving captain of any team in North American major league sports history.

" Popular discontent sparked a major uprising, the Pilgrimage of Grace, in which the former Prior Cockerell was implicated.