Wanjuru Explained

Wanjuru should not be confused with Wanjiru.

The Wanyuru were an indigenous Australian people of the state of Queensland.

Name

The ethnonym is that recorded by Tindale, though the linguist Robert Dixon later affirmed that no tribal name is known for the people who spoke the Wañjurru language.

Language

Wañurr(u), together with Yidiny and Gunggay, the latter spoken by the Gungganyji, were all dialects of the one language.

Country

In Norman Tindale's estimation the Wanjuru's tribal lands covered some 200mi2, from an area south of where the Russell River debouches into the Coral Sea down to Cooper Point and Innisfail. Like the other rainforest dwellers in this area, the Kunja, their inland extension lay about Babinda.

Alternative name

• Wanjar

Notes

Citations

Sources

• Web site: AIATSIS map of Indigenous Australia . 14 May 2024 . . .
• Book: Dixon, R. M. W. . Searching for Aboriginal Languages: Memoirs of a Field Worker . Robert M. W. Dixon . 2011 . . 978-1-108-02504-1 .
• Book: Dixon, R. M. W. . Edible Gender, Mother-in-law Style, and Other Grammatical Wonders: Studies in Dyirbal, Yidiñ, and Warrgamay . Robert M. W. Dixon . 2015 . . 978-0-198-70290-0 .
• Book: Tindale, Norman Barnett . Wanjuru (QLD) . Norman Tindale . 1974 . Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names . . http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/wanjuru.htm . 978-0-708-10741-6 .