Wajarri
The Wadjari are an Aboriginal Australian people located in the Mid West region of Western Australia.
Language
Watjarri is one of the Kartu languages.[1]
Country
Wadjari lands are located in the Mid West region, encompass an estimated 35,000 square miles (91,000 km2). The northern borders range as far as the hills above Lyons River headwaters, including Mount Isabella and the Teano and Waldburg ranges. The upper Gascoyne River also forms part of their traditional lands. The western border is around Byro and the Dalgety Downs, and west of the Three Rivers. Erivilla, and Milgun. Wadjari lands extend as far south as Cheangwa and the Roderick and upper Sanford rivers. [2]
See also
- Yamatji - sometimes used to mean a member of the Watjarri people, but also has wider usage
Notes
Citations
- ^ Koch 2004, p. 36.
- ^ Tindale 1974, pp. 257–258.
Sources
- "AIATSIS map of Indigenous Australia". AIATSIS.
- "Tindale Tribal Boundaries" (PDF). Department of Aboriginal Affairs, Western Australia. September 2016.
- Douglas, Wilfred H. (1981). "Watjarri". In Dixon, Robert M. W.; Blake, Barry J. (eds.). Handbook of Australian Languages. Vol. Volume 2. John Benjamins Publishing. pp. 197–272. ISBN 978-9-027-27354-3.
{{cite book}}:|volume=has extra text (help); Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Koch, Harold (2004). "A methodological history of Australian linguistic classification". In Bowern, Claire; Koch, Harold (eds.). Australian Languages: Classification and the comparative method. John Benjamins Publishing. pp. 17–59. ISBN 978-9-027-29511-8.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - McConvell, P.; Thieberger, Nicholas (November 2001). "State of Indigenous languages in Australia 2001" (PDF). Department of the Environment and Heritage.
{{cite web}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Wadjari (WA)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University.
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