Garaynbal Explained

See also: Karingbal language. The Garaynbal, also written Karingbal, are an Aboriginal Australian people of the state of Queensland. They spoke a dialect of Biri called Garaynbal, now extinct.

Country

According to Norman Tindale, the Karingbal had around 2800mi2 of territory, around the headwaters of the Comet River and the upper Mackenzie River. They ran south from beneath Rolleston as far as the Carnarvon Range. Their western frontier lay at Consuelo Peak, while their eastern limits ran to Expedition Range and Bedourie.

Social organisation

According to an early source, the tribe was divided into four exogamous intermarrying classes.

Male	Female
Bunyart	Bunyarrum
Thadbine	Thadbinun
Binjool	Binjoolun
Kiarra	Kiarrun

Alternative names

• Karingbool
• Kaingbul
• Karranbal

Notes

Citations

Sources

• On two Queensland tribes . Cameron . A. L. P. . Science of Man . Sydney . 22 March 1904 . 7 . 2 . 27–29 .
• Book: McIntosh . 1887 . The Australian race: its origin, languages, customs, place of landing in Australia and the routes by which it spread itself over the continent . Curr . Edward Micklethwaite . Edward Micklethwaite Curr . 3 . J. Ferres . Melbourne .
• Book: Tindale, Norman . Karingbal (QLD) . Norman Tindale . 2015 . First published 1974 . Aboriginal Tribes of Australia . South Australian Museum . http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/karingbal.htm . .