Warkawarka
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The Warkawarka, also called Weki Weki, were an
Victoria, Australia.[1] Controversy exists as to whether they were an independent 'tribe' or rather consisted of a subgroup of the Wergaia, the latter view being shared by both Robert M. W. Dixon and Luise Hercus.[2]
Name
The ethnonym seems to derive from their word for 'no' (warki=warka),[1] though the name itself, warkawarka or wargawarga arguably may be a variant of the ethnonym for the Wergaia.[3]
Country
The Warkawarka tribal lands extended over approximately 2,000 square miles (5,200 km2), from Tyrrell Creek and
Alternative names
- Booroung, Boorong[1]
- Mirdiragoort
- Waikywaiky
- Weki-weki
- Wengenmarongeitch
- Werkawerka
- Wirtu, Wirtoo[1]
Some words
- wirtu (man)[1]
Notes
Citations
- ^ a b c d e f Tindale 1974, p. 208.
- ^ Clark 1998, p. 58.
- ^ Clark 1995, p. 177.
Sources
- Beveridge, Peter (1865) [First published 1861]. "A few notes on the dialects, habits, customs and mythology of the Lower Murray aborigines". Transactions of the Royal Society of Victoria. 6. Melbourne: 14โ24.
- Beveridge, Peter (1883). "Of the aborigines inhabiting the great lacustrine and Riverine depression of the Lower Murray". Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales. 17. Melbourne: 19โ74.
- ISBN 978-0-855-75595-9.
- ISBN 978-1-876-40406-2.
- Howitt, Alfred William (1904). The native tribes of south-east Australia (PDF). Macmillan.
- JSTOR 983694.
- 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.
- Stanbridge, William Edward (1858). "On the Astronomy and Mythology of the Aborigines of Victoria" (PDF). Transactions Philosophical Institute Victoria. 2: 137โ140.
- Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Warkawarka (VIC)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University Press.
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