Tjuroro people explained
The Tjuroro, also known as the Jurruru, were an Aboriginal Australian people of the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
Name
The Tjuroro ethnonym appears to have meant 'lowlanders', in opposition to the Kurama (uplanders).
Language
The Tjuroro spoke Jurruru.
Country
2200mi2 along and southeast of the Ashburton River from Kooline to Ashburton Downs and Turee Creek junction. Their northern extension went as far as the slopes overlooking the Pilbara's Hardey River. They also hunted as far north and south as the headwaters of the creeks in the Kenneth and Capricorn Ranges.
Alternative names
- Churoro, Choororo, Chooraroo
- Djururo
- Tjororo, Tjururu, Tjururo
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Notes
Citations
Sources
- Web site: AIATSIS map of Indigenous Australia . 14 May 2024 . . .
- Book: Austin, Peter . Aboriginal languages of the Gascoyne-Ashburton region . La Trobe Working Papers in Linguistics 1:43–63. . 1988 . Peter Austin (linguist) . La Trobe Working Papers in Linguistics . 1 . 43–63 .
- Web site: Tindale Tribal Boundaries . . September 2016 . .
- Book: Tindale, Norman Barnett . Tjuroro (WA) . 1974 . Norman Tindale . Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names . . http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/tjuroro.htm . 20 March 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200320020206/http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/tjuroro.htm . 978-0-708-10741-6.