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According to this reference, the tribes divided themselves into two classes, the Piindri (tree climbers) and the Kathoongal (fishermen), and that according to their mythological lore the Earth had been once devastated and had to be repopulated by people from the Moon.
The action unfolded to the rhythmic thumping of a sack of earth with sticks, to maintain the tempo. Lang then describes the three acts the tribe stage-managed. The first act of the corroboree was the representation of a herd of cattle, feeding out of the forest and camping on the plain, the black performers being painted accordingly.
Cherry Tree Pool and the Shire of Kojonup are located on the traditional land of the Kaniyang people of the Noongar nation. [4] [5] [6]The Carrolup Native Settlement, now referred to as Marribank, is listed on the Western Australian State Register of Heritage Places, and, despite its name, is located west of Carrolup, in Cherry Tree Pool.
The Wiradjuri people (Wiradjuri northern dialect pronunciation [wiraːjd̪uːraj]; Wiradjuri southern dialect pronunciation [wiraːjɟuːraj]) are a group of Aboriginal Australian people from central New South Wales, united by common descent through kinship and shared traditions.
Australian Tribes Australia DNA. − List of the 716 Individual Tribal Groups identified throughout Australia... reproduced with permission, George William (Buralnyarla) Helon's Aboriginal Australia: Register of Tribe, Clan, Horde, Linguistic Group, Language Names and AIATSIS Language Codes - Including Synonyms, Misnomers and Approximate ...
Boanawari ('bat people', used of eastern tribes who did not engage in circumcision rights, and feared the N gadjuri's proselytization for the practice) Burra Burra (a name for one of the Ngadjuri hordes) Doora; Eeleeree; Eura (this is generic for several tribes in which the Ngadjuri were included) Hilleri, Hillary; Manu, Monnoo, Manuley
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The Wunambal were, according to Norman Tindale, "perhaps among the most venturesome of Australian aborigines".They learnt part of the craft of building rafts that could withstand the high rips and tides of the sea, the latter rising as much as 12 metres (39 ft), from Makassan visitors to make sailing forays out to reefs (warar) and islets in the Cassini and Montalivet archipelagoes, and as far ...