The Wadjalang, also known as the Dharawala, were an
indigenous Australian
Indigenous Australians or Australian First Nations are people with familial heritage from, and membership in, the ethnic groups that lived in Australia before British colonisation. They consist of two distinct groups: the Aboriginal peoples ...
people of
Queensland
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, nickname = Sunshine State
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, established_title = Before federation
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.
Language
According to
Norman Tindale
Norman Barnett Tindale AO (12 October 1900 – 19 November 1993) was an Australian anthropologist, archaeologist, entomologist and ethnologist.
Life
Tindale was born in Perth, Western Australia in 1900. His family moved to Tokyo and lived ther ...
, the vocabularies collected by
E. M. Curr from two local informants, L. F. Dalhunty and James Crombie, probably are derived from the language once spoken by the Wadjalang.
Country
In Tindale's estimation, the Wadjalang tribal lands encompassed some taking in the headwaters of the
Bulloo and
Langlo rivers, and ran north from
Quilpie
Quilpie ( ) is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Shire of Quilpie, Queensland, Australia. In the , Quilpie had a population of 595 people.
The town is the administrative centre of the Shire of Quilpie, Quilpie ...
to
Northampton Downs to the east of Blackall, and to
Tambo, The eastern boundaries were set at
Cheepie, Burrandilla, and the
Nive Downs. Also included in their traditional lands were
Ambathalla and
Minnie Downs.
Customs
Male circumcision had no place in Wadjalang initiation ceremonies.
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Aboriginal peoples of Queensland