Karuwali Explained

See also: Karuwali language. The Karuwali are an Aboriginal Australian people of the state of Queensland.

Country

Norman Tindale estimated that the Karuwalis' lands extended over some 12000mi2 of territory. This took in the area about Farrars Creek near Connemara southwards to Beetoota, Haddon Corner, and Morney Plains. Their eastern extension went to the Beal range while the western frontier was around Durrie and Monkira on the Diamantina River.

History of contact

The Karuwali have been cited as an Australian instance of the practice of colonial genocide.

Alternative names

• Karawalla
• Gara-wali
• Kurrawulla
• Karorinje
• Kuriwalu
• Goore

Notes

Citations

Sources

• Book: Tindale, Norman Barnett . Karuwali (QLD) . Norman Tindale . 1974 . Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names . Australian National University Press . http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/karunwali.htm . 978-0-708-10741-6 .
• Book: Watson, Pamela Lukin . Passed Away? The Fate of the Karuwali . 2004 . Genocide and Settler Societies: Frontier Violence and Stolen Indigenous Children in Australian Society . Moses . A. Dirk . Dirk Moses . . 174–193 . 9781571814104 . https://books.google.com/books?id=5zHAGNPTkqIC&pg=PA174 .