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The Warkawarka, also called Weki Weki, were an Australian Aboriginal group whose traditional lands are located in Victoria,
The Warkawarka, also called Weki Weki, were an Australian Aboriginal group whose traditional lands are located in Victoria, Australia
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. Controversy exists as to whether they were an independent 'tribe' or rather consisted of a subgroup of the Wergaia, the latter view being shared by both Robert M. W. Dixon
Robert Malcolm Ward "Bob" Dixon (born 25 January 1939, in Gloucester, England) is a Professor of Linguistics in the College of Arts, Society, and Education and The Cairns Institute, James Cook University, Queensland. He is also Deputy Director o ...
and Luise Hercus.
Name
Theethnonym
An ethnonym () is a name applied to a given ethnic group. Ethnonyms can be divided into two categories: exonyms (whose name of the ethnic group has been created by another group of people) and autonyms, or endonyms (whose name is created and used ...
seems to derive from their word for 'no' (''warki=warka''), though the name itself, ''warkawarka'' or ''wargawarga'' arguably may be a variant of the ethnonym for the Wergaia.
Country
The Warkawarka tribal lands extended over approximately , from Tyrrell Creek andLake Tyrrell
Lake Tyrrell (also known as Lake Tyrrell Wildlife Reserve) is a shallow, salt-crusted depression in the Mallee district of north-west Victoria, in Australia. The name 'Tyrrell' is derived from the local Wergaia word for 'sky', the Boorong A ...
, southwards to Warracknabeal
Warracknabeal ( ) is a wheatbelt town in the Australian state of Victoria. Situated on the banks of the Yarriambiack Creek, 330 km north-west of Melbourne, it is the business and services centre of the northern Wimmera and southern Mall ...
and Birchip. Their western boundary lay along Hopetoun, and they also ranged over the Morton Plains.
Alternative names
* ''Booroung, Boorong'' * ''Mirdiragoort'' * ''Waikywaiky'' * ''Weki-weki'' * ''Wengenmarongeitch'' * ''Werkawerka'' * ''Wirtu, Wirtoo''Some words
* ''wirtu'' (man)Notes
Citations
Sources
* * * * * * * * * Aboriginal peoples of Victoria (Australia) History of Victoria (Australia) {{VictoriaAU-stub