Wiyabal Explained

See also: Widjabal language. The Wiyabal (also Widjabal, possibly from confusion of the letter (j) in the older spelling Wijabal) are an Aboriginal Australian people of the state of New South Wales. They may be a clan of the Bundjalung people.

Country

Norman Tindale assigned the Widyabal about 600mi2 of territory on the Upper Richmond River, running south from Kyogle to the area in the vicinity of Casino, with their eastern limits at Dunoon.

They have been described as a clan of the Bundjalung people.^{[1] [2]}

Alternative names

• Ettrick tribe
• Noowidal
• Nowgyjul
• Waibra
• Watchee
• Watji

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Some words

• groomon or kroomon (kangaroo)
• kooning (mother)
• marmong (father)
• tobury (tame dog)
• tucki (white man)

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Notable people

• Rhoda Roberts, journalist and artistic director^[1]

Notes

Citations

Sources

• Book: Edwards, Charles . Richmond River . 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 . J. Ferres . Melbourne . 3 . 286–289 . https://archive.org/download/australianracei02currgoog/australianracei02currgoog.pdf .
• Aboriginal dialects . Hargrave . E. . Science of Man . 21 February 1903a . 6 . 1 . 24–28 .
• Aboriginal dialects . Hargrave . E. . Science of Man . 21 March 1903b . 6 . 2 . 24–28 .
• Aboriginal dialects . Hargrave . E. . Science of Man . 22 April 1903c . 6 . 3 . 39–42 .
• Aboriginal dialects . Hargrave . E. . Science of Man . 25 May 1903d . 6 . 4 . 54–55 .
• Initiation Ceremonies of Australian Tribes. Appendix Nguttan initiation ceremony . Mathews . R. H. . Robert Hamilton Mathews . . 1898 . 37 . 157 . 54–73 . 983694 .
• Book: Tindale, Norman Barnett . Widjabal (NSW) . 1974 . Norman Tindale . Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names . . http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/widjabal.htm . 978-0-708-10741-6 .

Notes and References

1. Rhoda . Roberts. Baker . Candida . Indigenous arts supremo Rhoda Roberts . . 25 January 2019 . 3 September 2024.
2. Web site: Australia - Aboriginal Mythology . Jane's Oceania . 2012-05-31 . 2015-03-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20070430232935/http://www.janesoceania.com/australia_aboriginal_mythology/index1.htm. 30 April 2007.