Kairi people

The Kairi were an indigenous Australian people of the state of Queensland.

Country

According to an estimation made by Norman Tindale the Kairi held sway over some 5,900 square miles (15,000 km2) of territory, from the Great Dividing Range south of Springsure[lower-alpha 1] north to Capella. The Drummond Range formed their western frontier, while their eastern boundaries were drawn by the Comet and upper Mackenzie (Nogoa) rivers.[2]

Social organization

The Kairi were divided into hordes, the name of at least one of which is known.

  • Bimurraburra. (a clan in the environs of Emerald)[2]

Alternative names

  • Khararya. (kara is their word for 'no'.)
  • Bimurraburra.[2]

Notes

  1. ↑ Middleton and Noble state they were some 25 miles north of present-day Springsure.[1]

Citations

Sources

  • Middleton, T.; Noble, E. Irving (1887). "Nogoa" (PDF). In Curr, Edward Micklethwaite. The Australian race: its origin, languages, customs, place of landing in Australia and the routes by which it spread itself over the continent. Volume 3. Melbourne: J. Ferres. pp. 90–95.
  • Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Kairi (QLD)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University Press.
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