Wirdinya Explained

See also: Wirdinya language. The Wirdinja were an Aboriginal Australian people of the Pilbara region of Western Australia.

Country

Wirdinya lands encompassed according to Norman Tindale's calculations, some 6200mi2, from the Robertson Range as far west as Ophthalmia Range. Their eastern frontier, which is not precisely defined, lay in the area of Savoury Creek. Mundiwindi, Jigalong, Murramunda, and Sylvania all formed part of their territory. Their southern limits ran down to the headwaters of the Ashburton and Ethel Rivers.

Alternative names

• Jabura ('north')
• Mardo ('initiated man', i.e. people who practised both circumcision and subincision)
• Wirdinja
• Woordinya

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Citations

Sources

• Web site: AIATSIS map of Indigenous Australia . 14 May 2024 . . .
• Web site: Tindale Tribal Boundaries . . September 2016 . .
• Book: Tindale, Norman Barnett . Wirdinja (WA) . 1974 . Norman Tindale . Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names . . http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/wirdinja.htm . 20 March 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200320020206/http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/wirdinja.htm . 978-0-708-10741-6.