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Marrawarra
The Maraura or Marrawarra people are an Indigenous Australians, Aboriginal group whose traditional lands are located in Far West (New South Wales), Far West New South Wales and South Australia, Australia. Language The Maraura spoke the southernmost dialect of Paakantyi (Darling language), Paakantyi. A wordlist of the language was taken down by John Bulmer. Country According to Norman Barnett Tindale, Tindale, the Maraura's traditional domain lands consisted of some of territory extending west from Wentworth, New South Wales, Wentworth along the northern bank of the Murray River downstream to Chowilla, South Australia, Chowilla and Ral Ral, in South Australia. Inland they extended west to the anabranch of the Darling River as far as Popilta Lake, and upstream to Avoca Lake, Avoca. Society The Maraura is known to have been divided into at least 5 Band society, hordes * ''Condelkoo'' * ''Boolkarlie'' * ''Moattilkoo'' * ''Bullalre'' * ''Toopparlie'' A Nanya group is also recorded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indigenous Australians
Indigenous Australians are people with familial heritage from, or recognised membership of, the various ethnic groups living within the territory of contemporary Australia prior to History of Australia (1788–1850), British colonisation. They consist of two distinct groups, which include many ethnic groups: the Aboriginal Australians of the mainland and many islands, including Aboriginal Tasmanians, Tasmania, and the Torres Strait Islanders of the seas between Queensland and Papua New Guinea, located in Melanesia. 812,728 people Aboriginality, self-identified as being of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander origin in the 2021 Australian Census, representing 3.2% of the total population of Australia. Of these Indigenous Australians, 91.4% identified as Aboriginal, 4.2% identified as Torres Strait Islander, and 4.4% identified with both groups. The term Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples or the person's specific cultural group, is often preferred, though the term ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
