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| Murrawarri | |
|---|---|
| Group | Murrawarri |
| Regions | New South Wales, Queensland, Australia |
| Languages | Pama–Nyungan languages, Muruwari language |
| Related | Euahlayi, Walgalu, Wiradjuri, Ngemba (tribe) |
Murrawarri The Murrawarri are an Indigenous Australian people of southwestern Queensland and northwestern New South Wales with cultural, linguistic and territorial ties to neighbouring groups such as the Euahlayi, Wiradjuri, Ngemba (tribe), Kamilaroi and Gamilaraay, and historical interactions involving explorers like Thomas Mitchell, colonial figures such as Charles Sturt, and institutions including the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Queensland Parliament, High Court of Australia, and National Native Title Tribunal.
Ethnonyms and classificatory work on the Murrawarri have been discussed by anthropologists and linguists associated with institutions like Australian National University, University of Sydney, University of Queensland, University of Melbourne and scholars such as Norman Tindale, R. M. W. Dixon, Diane Bell, Donald Thomson and Luise Hercus, and have appeared in compilations influenced by publications from Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, CSIRO Publishing' and the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. Taxonomies referencing neighbouring classifications include those developed for Wiradjuri, Gamilaraay, Kamilaroi, Yuwaalaraay and Yuwaaliyaay groups, and have been compared in works by researchers affiliated with the Australian Museum and the National Museum of Australia.
Traditional lands attributed to the Murrawarri span areas near settlements and cadastral divisions such as Bourke, New South Wales, Cunnamulla, Walgett, Brewarrina, Boggabilla, St George, Queensland, Dirranbandi, and grazing properties referenced in colonial maps compiled by surveyors under colonial administrations of New South Wales and Queensland. Their language, often discussed within the Pama–Nyungan languages family and compared with Muruwari language varieties, has been documented in fieldwork traditions connected to researchers like R. M. W. Dixon, Luise Hercus and institutions such as the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies and the National Library of Australia.
European contact history for the region involves expeditions and events linked to explorers and colonial figures including Thomas Mitchell, Charles Sturt, John Oxley, Ludwig Leichhardt and the expansion of pastoralism tied to squatters represented in colonial records of the New South Wales Legislative Council and the Queensland Legislative Council. Interactions included frontier conflict comparable in context to episodes recorded in histories of Frontier Wars (Australia), legal inquiries like those associated with the Myall Creek massacre proceedings, and wider colonial policy debates that reached forums such as the British Parliament, the Colonial Office, and later national inquiries referenced by the Australian Human Rights Commission and the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation.
Murrawarri social organizations, ceremonial life and material culture have been compared with practices documented for Wiradjuri, Euahlayi, Gamilaraay, Yuwaalaraay and Yuwaaliyaay peoples; studies reference kinship models explored by anthropologists such as Daisy Bates, A. P. Elkin, Norman Tindale and W. E. H. Stanner. Cultural expression includes songlines and performance traditions connected in regional networks discussed in work associated with the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, museum collections at the Australian Museum and the National Museum of Australia, and collaborations with arts organizations like Carriageworks and community centres including Redfern Aboriginal Medical Service affiliates.
Claims and assertions concerning land rights and native title involve legal and administrative bodies including the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), the High Court of Australia, the Federal Court of Australia, the National Native Title Tribunal, and advocacy by groups represented through organizations such as Aboriginal Legal Service (NSW/ACT), Central Australian Aboriginal Legal Aid Service and national peak bodies like the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission. Cases and procedural contexts echo precedents set in decisions such as Mabo v Queensland (No 2), Wik Peoples v Queensland, and administrative processes that involve land tenure instruments administered by state agencies in New South Wales and Queensland.
Individuals from the region and those of related nations have contributed across political, cultural and academic fields, interacting with institutions and figures like Lowitja O'Donoghue, Eddie Mabo, David Unaipon, Oodgeroo Noonuccal, Pat O'Shane, Noel Pearson, Mick Dodson, Linda Burney, Adam Goodes, Cathy Freeman, Tracy Grimshaw, Stan Grant, Bronwyn Bancroft, Banjo Paterson in comparative historical studies, and engaging with media outlets such as the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, SBS Television, and publishing houses including Penguin Books and Allen & Unwin. Academic collaborators have included researchers at Australian National University, University of Sydney, University of New England (Australia), Monash University, Griffith University, and contributions have been cited in policy discussions in forums like the Parliament of Australia and initiatives run by the Australia Council for the Arts.
Category:Indigenous Australian peoples