Native plant or person (9)

I believe the answer is:

aborigine

(Other definitions for aborigine that I've seen before include "Old Australian" , "Native Australian" , "Original inhabitant" , "I was in Oz first"" , "Early Australian" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.

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