Blackfella Explained

Blackfella (also blackfellah, blackfulla, black fella, or black fellah) is an informal term in Australian English to refer to Indigenous Australians, in particular Aboriginal Australians, most commonly among themselves.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Similarly, the term whitefella, especially in Aboriginal use, refers to non-Aboriginal or European Australians.^{[4] [5]}

See also

• "Blackfella/Whitefella", a song by Warumpi Band, co-written by singer George Rrurrambu and guitarist Neil Murray.^[6]
• Blackfella Films, a film production company founded and run by Rachel Perkins
• Blackfellas, 1993 film adaptation of Archie Weller's 1981 novel The Day of the Dog
  • Koori, demonym used by Aboriginal people in Victoria and New South Wales
• List of Australian Aboriginal group names
• Black Australians (disambiguation)

External links

• Blackfella, Whitefella film
• "Blackfella/Whitefella" by the Warumpi Band

Notes and References

1. Web site: ipswich.gld.gov.au. Appropriate Terminology, Indigenous Australian Peoples. General Information Folio 5. Information adapted from ‘Using the right words: appropriate terminology for Indigenous Australian studies’ 1996 in Teaching the Teachers: Indigenous Australian Studies for Primary Pre-Service Teacher Education. School of Teacher Education, University of New South Wales. Flinders University. 14 June 2020.
2. Web site: 17 March 2015. Recommended Guidelines for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Terminology. 14 June 2020. Queensland University of Technology.
3. Web site: Indigenous Australians: Torres Strait Islanders: Working with Indigenous Australians . 2022-06-18 . www.workingwithindigenousaustralians.info.
4. Web site: Whitefella . https://web.archive.org/web/20210515092825/https://www.lexico.com/definition/whitefella . dead . 15 May 2021 . 2022-06-18 . Lexico Dictionaries . en.
5. Web site: Wadjula . 2022-06-18 . Macquarie Dictionary.
6. News: Bisley . Alexander . 14 April 2015 . Blackfella/Whitefella by Warumpi Band – Australia's seminal reconciliation song . The Guardian . 27 February 2018.