Nguri people explained

See also: Nguri language. The Nguri are an indigenous Australian people of southern Queensland.

Country

Nguri land centres around the north of the Maranoa River and ends at the gorges of the Chesterton Range. Norman Tindale estimated their territory at 3500mi2, covering the area running northwards from Mount Elliot and Donnybrook as far as Merivale west of the Great Dividing Range, including Hillside and Redford.

Alternative names

• Ngoorie
• Gnoree

Notes

Citations

Sources

• Web site: AIATSIS map of Indigenous Australia . 28 July 2023 . . .
• Vocabulary of Aboriginal Dialects of Queensland . Barlow . Harriott . . 1873 . 2 . 2 . 165–175 . 10.2307/2841159 . 2841159 .
• Divisions of Queensland aborigines . Mathews . R. H. . . 1898 . 37 2 . 327–336 and map .
• Book: Tindale, Norman Barnett . Nguri (QLD) . Norman Tindale . 1974 . Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names . . http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/nguri.htm .