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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.
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.
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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 Tableland, the Comet River, and the Expedition Range, and the towns of Woorabinda, Springsure and Rolleston.
This is a list of English words derived from Australian Aboriginal languages. Some are restricted to Australian English as a whole or to certain regions of the country. Others, such as kangaroo and boomerang, have become widely used in other varieties of English, and some have been borrowed into other languages beyond English.
Aboriginal Shire of Woorabinda; Shire of Winton; Prior to 2015, the Queensland education system consisted of primary schools, which accommodated students from Kindergarten to Year 7 (ages 5–13), and high schools, which accommodate students from Years 8 to 12 (ages 12–18). However, from 2015, Year 7 became the first year of high school. [1]
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 .
The word "djuaringe" is believed to mean "to turn oneself around" or "to turn into something". [11] The second and most popular theory is that the town's name is derived from the aboriginal words 'D'warra D'nanjie', meaning a meeting place on the swamp oaks. [11] This is the officially recognised origin of the name Duaringa. [12]