Badimaya
The Badimaya people (also written Badimia) are an
Aboriginal Australian people from the Mid West region of Western Australia
.
Country
Traditional Badimaya country was calculated by
This country covers
Paynes Find to the south, Yalgoo to the southwest, and the northwest lay along the Sandford River.[3]
Language
Badimaya belongs to the
language revival movement underway in the Badimaya community.[5]
Social organisation and customs
The Badimaya were reported to practise both circumcision and
subincision.[3]
Notable people
Alternative names and spellings
Names according to Norman Tindale:[3]
- Badimala
- Badimara
- Barimaia, Bardimaia, Badimaia
- Bidungu (exonym, meaning "rockhole water drinkers," implying shiftlessness)
- Padimaia
- Parimaia
- Patimara
- Waadal
- Wardal
Conservation reserves
In February 2021, the creation of five new
Aboriginal sites of significance as well as other historic sites.[6]
Notes
Citations
- ^ Bednall 2020.
- ^ George 2017.
- ^ a b c Tindale 1974, p. 240.
- ^ Blevins 2001, p. 78.
- ^ "Irra Wangga Language Centre: Mid West languages: Badimaya". Bundiyarra Aboriginal Community Aboriginal Corporation. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
- ^ Dawson, Stephen (2 February 2021). "Plan for Our Parks milestone as new Mid-West reserves created". Government of Western Australia. Archived from the original on 11 August 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
Sources
- "AIATSIS map of Indigenous Australia". AIATSIS.
- Bednall, James (compiler) (2020). Badimaya Dictionary: An Aboriginal language of Western Australia. Geraldton, W.A.: Bundiyarra-Irra Wangga Language Centre.
- Blevins, Juliette (2001). Nhanda: An Aboriginal Language of Western Australia. ISBN 978-0-824-82375-7.
- George, Ollie (2017). Bednall, James; Chiera, Susan; Sitorus, Rosie (eds.). Nganang badimaya wangga: yarns with Gami Ollie George. Geraldton, W.A.: Bundiyarra-Irra Wangga Language Centre. ISBN 978-0-648-06240-0.
- "Tindale Tribal Boundaries" (PDF). Department of Aboriginal Affairs, Western Australia. September 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
- ISBN 978-0-708-10741-6. Archived from the originalon 21 December 2019. Retrieved 6 November 2017.