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Wadja (also known as Wadjigu, Wadya, Wadjainngo, Mandalgu, and Wadjigun) is an Australian Aboriginal language in Central Queensland.The language region includes the local government areas of the Aboriginal Shire of Woorabinda and Central Highlands Region, including the Blackdown Tablelands. the Comet River, and the Expedition Range, and the towns of Woorabinda, Springsure and Rolleston.
In the 2011 census, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 11.1% of the people counted in the Duaringa district. [89] Duaringa is located 60 kilometres north of the Aboriginal community of Woorabinda, where there was a former reservation. Indigenous people were granted small parcels of land in the Duaringa area under Queensland ...
Aboriginal peoples of central-Eastern Queensland The Wadjiga people, also known as Wadja , Maudalgo , Wadjainggo , and other variants, were an Aboriginal Australian people of inland eastern Queensland .
A vision to restore the site to a 'natural bush setting' is in place, and volunteer revegetation work is ongoing. Woorabinda Lake is a popular nesting site for many waterfowl, [1] and several outdoor seats and a bird hide afford bird-watching vantage points. [3] Woorabinda is considered a high biodiversity area. [4]
An Aboriginal reserve, also called simply reserve, was a government-sanctioned settlement for Aboriginal Australians, created under various state and federal legislation. Along with missions and other institutions, they were used from the 19th century to the 1960s to keep Aboriginal people separate from the white Australian population.
Woorabinda / ˈ w ʊr ə b ɪ n d ə / is a rural town and locality in the Aboriginal Shire of Woorabinda, Queensland, Australia. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is an Aboriginal community. In the 2021 census , the locality of Woorabinda had a population of 1,019 people with 91.6% identifying as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander.
The Fowler is returning objects of cultural significance to the Warumungu people in a ceremony Wednesday.
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