Friday, July 6, 2012

WONNARUA INDIANS IN AUSTRALIA

THESE FOLKS ARE A GROUP OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE UNITED BY COMMON LANGUAGE AND STRONG KINSHIP. THEIR FAMILIES SPREAD ALONG INLAND AREAS THEIR NAMES MEANT PEOPLE OF THE HILLS MEANT PEOPLE OF THE HILLS AND PLAINS. THEY HAD NEIGHBORS OF ALL SIDES. THEY TRADED WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS AND HAD CEREMONIES. THEIR CREATION SPIRIT IS BAIANI, ALSO KNOWN AS KOIN. IT IS THE CREATOR OF ALL THINGS AND KEEPER OF THE VALLEY.

THE WONNARUA APPEARED TO USE A SIMILAR LANGUAGE TO THE AWABAKAL PEOPLE CALLED AWABAKAL. IT IS A LANGUAGE THAT ORAL HISTORIANS REVIEW TO DEVELOP A DICTIONARY OF THE LANGUAGE. BY 2009 THE WONNARUA NATIONHAD PLANS TO INCLUDE THE AGREEMENTS IN HEALTH EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, AND WELFARE TO FLOW FROM MINING RIGHTS TO VARIOUS CITIES.

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