NGADJURI INDIANS IN AUSTRAILIA

THESE PEOPLE ARE A GROUP OF INDIGENOUS FOLKS IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA WITH A TERRITORY EXPANDING FROM GAWLER TO THE NORTH. THEY LED NOMADIC LIVES AND THE EUROPEAN DISEASES DECIMATED THEM, ESPECIALLY SMALLPOX. ALTHOUGH THE LANDS OF THE NGARDJURI WERE EXTENSIVE THEIR PRINCIPAL CAMPING AND BURIAL GROUNDS ARE THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN AT CLARE AUBURN.

WHEN ANGLO EUROPEAN CAUCASIAN SETTLERS ARRIVED IN 1836, THE LAND IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA WAS CONSIDERED A BARREN WASTELAND BY BRITISH PARLIAMENT. IN CONTRAST TO THE REST OF AUSTRALIA IT WAS A BARREN WASTELAND. THERE WAS A PATENT AND AN ACT THAT STATED THE NATIVES SHOULD HAVE ACCESS AND ENJOYMENT OF THESE LANDS. BUT THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN COMPANY AND AUTHORITIES IGNORED IT. BY 1870 FEW NGADJURI WERE ON THESE LANDS.

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