Birri Gubba
The Biria were an indigenous Australian people of Queensland.
Country
The Biria held sway over some 4,200 square miles (11,000 km2), from the Bowen River north to its junction with the Burdekin. On its eastern flank was the Clarke Range, while its western borders reached the Leichhardt Range. To the south, its territory extended down to Netherdale.[1]
Alternative names
- Birigaba.
- Biriaba.
- Breeaba.
- Perenbba.
- Perembba.[1]
Notes
Citations
- ^ a b Tindale 1974, p. 166.
References
- Dixon, Robert M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. Vol. 1. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-47378-1.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Moore, Clive (1990). "Blackgin's Leap: A Window into Aboriginal-European Relations in the Pioneer Valley, Queensland in the 1860s" (PDF). Aboriginal History. 14 (1): 61–79.
{{cite journal}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Smyth, Robert Brough (1878). The Aborigines of Victoria: with notes relating to the habits of the natives of other parts of Australia and Tasmania (PDF). Vol. 1. Melbourne: J. Ferres, gov't printer.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Biria (QLD)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University Press.
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