Nguri people

The Nguri were an indigenous Australian people of the state of Queensland.

See also: Nguri language

Country

The Nguri were a people of southern Queensland, living around the Upper Maronoa River. Their northwestern limits was at the gorges of the Chesterton Range. Norman Tindale estimated their territory at 3,500 square miles (9,100 km2), covering the area running northwards from Mount Elliot and Donnybrook as far as Merivale west of the Great Dividing Range, including Hillside and Redford.[1]

Alternative names

Notes

    Citations
    1. Tindale 1974, p. 184.
    2. Barlow 1873, p. 173.

    Sources
    • "AIATSIS map of Indigenous Australia". AIATSIS.
    • Barlow, Harriott (1873). "Vocabulary of Aboriginal Dialects of Queensland". The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. 2 (2): 165–175. JSTOR 2841159.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
    • Mathews, R. H. (1898). "Divisions of Queensland aborigines". Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. 37 2: 327–336 and map.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
    • Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Nguri (QLD)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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