Badjiri

See also: Badjiri language

The Badjiri or Budjari, also written Badyidi, are an Australian Aboriginal people group of Queensland. They are not to be confused with the Pitjara.

Country

Map of the traditional lands of the Badjari peoples of Western Queensland.

According to Norman Tindale, the Badjiri lands spanned some 4,100 square miles (11,000 km²), reaching from around Hungerford to Eulo on the Paroo River. Their eastern limits were around Barringun, Tinnenburra, Tuen, and Cunnamulla. They were also present at Caiwarro and about the eastern side of Currawinya.

Alternative names

• Baderi
• Bädjäri
• Badjedi
• Badjeri, Baddyeri
• Badjidi
• Byjerri
• Poidgerry

Source: Tindale 1974, p. 164

Sources

• Looker, W. H. (1887). "Mungalella Creek" (PDF). In Curr, Edward Micklethwaite (ed.). The Australian race: its origin, languages, customs, place of landing in Australia and the routes by which it spread itself over the continent. Vol. Volume 3. Melbourne: J. Ferres. pp. 276–278. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help); Invalid |ref=harv (help)
• Mathews, R. H. (1905). "Ethnological notes on the aboriginal tribes of Queensland" (PDF). Queensland Geographical Journal. 29: 49–75. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
• Myles, F. W. (1886). "Thargominda, Bulloo River" (PDF). In Curr, Edward Micklethwaite (ed.). The Australian race: its origin, languages, customs, place of landing in Australia and the routes by which it spread itself over the continent. Vol. Volume 2. Melbourne: J. Ferres. pp. 36–41. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help); Invalid |ref=harv (help)
• Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Badjiri (QLD)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University Press. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)