WIRADJURI INDIANS IN AUSTRALIA

THESE INDIANS ARE INDIGENOUS TO THESE PEOPLE. THE WIRADJURI PEOPLE ARE A GROUP OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE THAT HAVE A COMMON LANGUAGE AND STRONG KINSHIP TIES.THEY SURVIVE AS HUNTING, FISHING AND GATHERING IN CENTRAL NEW SOUTH WALES.AS FAMILY GROUPS. IN 2000 THEY LIVE IN CITIES OF CONDOBILIAN PEAK HILL, NARANDA, GRIFFITH. THEIR NAME WIRRAAYDHWAY MEANS 'NO HAVING'. THEY HAVE 60 DIFFERENT WAYS TO PRONOUNCE THE NAME. THEY ARE THE LARGEST GROUP IN NEW SOUTH WALES. THEY OCCUPY NEW SOUTH WALES, BLUE MOUNTAINS, AND THE SOUTHWESTERN SLOPES OF THE REGION. NORMAN TINSDALE QUOTES SEVERAL OF THESE GROUPS OF THE TRIBE AS HAVING DIFFERENCES IN DIALECT INCLUDING BATHURST AND NEAR ALBURY.

THEIR LIFESTYLE AND DIET INCLUDED FISH AND COD FROM RIVERS. THEY ATE KANGAROOS AND EMUS AND GATHERED FRUIT, NUTS, AND SEEDS. AND ORCHID TUBERS, AND FRUITS. THEY WENT TO THE ALPINE AREAS TO FEAST ON MOTHS. THEY MADE POSSUM POSSUM SKIN CLOAKS. THEIR LANGUAGE HAD EFFECTIVELY DIED OUT BASED UPON EUROPEAN ANTHROPOLOGY RECORDS. THEIR ABORIGINAL LANGUAGE IS TAUGHT IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS. THE ABORIGINES HAD VIOLENT CLASHES BETWEEN EUROPEAN SETTLERS. THESE LASTED BETWEEN 1821 TO 1827. THE ABORIGINES RETALIATED BY KILLING CATTLE STOCKMEN. BY 1850'S THEIR WERE LESS CLASHES.

THE WIRADJURI PEOPLE HAD A STRONG LANGUAGE AND WERE AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES WHO HAD STRONG KINSHIP TIES AND SURVIVED HUNTING, FISHING, AND GATHERING GROUPS. THEY LIVE IN LARGE AREAS IN NEW SOUTH WALES. THEY CAUGHT YABBIES, FISH AND COD. IN DRY SEASONS THEY ATE KANGAROOS, EMUS, AND FAST FOODS FROM THE LAND.

THE WIRADJUKI LANGUAGE HAD EFFECTIVELY DIED OUT OF EVERYDAY USE, BUT HAS BEEN RECENTLY RECLAIMED. IT IS BEING TAUGHT IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS. THEIR TOWN OF WAGGA WAGGA COMES FROM THE MEANING CROW.

THE EUROPEANS CLASHED WITH THEM VIOLENTLY AROUND BATHHURST. THEY HAVE BEEN CALLED THE WARD. THEY LOST FISHING GROUNDS AND SITES, KILLED ABORIGINES. THIS SPEARED THE EUROPEAN CATTLE AND STOCKMEN. BY 1850 ABORIGINAL POPULATION HAD DECLINED.

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