Nguri people
The Nguri are an
indigenous Australian people of southern Queensland
.
Country
Nguri land centres around the north of the Maranoa River and ends at the gorges of the Chesterton Range. Norman Tindale estimated their territory at 3,500 square miles (9,100 km2), covering the area running northwards from Mount Elliot and Donnybrook as far as Merivale west of the Great Dividing Range, including Hillside and Redford.[1]
Alternative names
Notes
Citations
- ^ a b Tindale 1974, p. 184.
- ^ Barlow 1873, p. 173.
Sources
- "AIATSIS map of Indigenous Australia". AIATSIS. 28 July 2023.
- Barlow, Harriott (1873). "Vocabulary of Aboriginal Dialects of Queensland". JSTOR 2841159.
- Mathews, R. H. (1898). "Divisions of Queensland aborigines". Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. 37 2: 327–336 and map.
- Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Nguri (QLD)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University.