Karuwali
TheKaruwaliare anAboriginal Australianpeople of the state ofQueensland.
Country
[edit]Norman Tindaleestimated that the Karuwalis' lands extended over some 12,000 square miles (31,000 km2) of territory. This took in the area aboutFarrars Creeknear Connemara southwards toBeetoota,Haddon Corner,andMorney Plains.Their eastern extension went to the Beal range while the western frontier was aroundDurrieand Monkira on theDiamantina River.[1]
History of contact
[edit]The Karuwali have been cited as an Australian instance of the practice ofcolonial genocide.[2]
Alternative names
[edit]- Karawalla
- Gara-wali
- Kurrawulla
- Karorinje
- Kuriwalu
- Goore[1]
Notes
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^abTindale 1974,p. 175.
- ^Watson 2004,pp. 174–193.
Sources
[edit]- Tindale, Norman Barnett(1974)."Karuwali (QLD)".Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names.Australian National University Press.ISBN978-0-708-10741-6.
- Watson, Pamela Lukin (2004)."Passed Away? The Fate of the Karuwali".InMoses, A. Dirk(ed.).Genocide and Settler Societies: Frontier Violence and Stolen Indigenous Children in Australian Society.Berghahn Books.pp. 174–193.ISBN9781571814104.