Wiri people

The Wiri were an indigenous Australian tribe of the state of Queensland.

Country

The Wiri's tribal lands spread over some 2,000 square miles (5,200 km2) from the Coast Range east of the coastal area around Mackay and running inland as far as Nebo and the headwaters of the Bowen and Suttor rivers. They took in both the Connor and Denham ranges. Wiri territory was basically rainscrub, with drier country on its western flank.[1]

Alternatives names

  • Widi.
  • Wierdi.

Notes

    Citations

    1. ↑ Tindale 1974, p. 190.

    References

    • Dixon, Robert M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. 1. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-47378-1.
    • Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Wiri (QLD)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University Press.
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