Biria people

The Biria, or Biri, were an Aboriginal Australian people of the state of Queensland.

Not to be confused with with Bidia people, another ethnic group of Queensland sometimes also known as Biria, or with the Wiri people..

Language

The Biria spoke Biri, a Maric language.[1]

Country

The Biria held sway over some 4,200 square miles (11,000 km2), from the Bowen River north to its junction with the Burdekin. On its eastern flank was the Clarke Range, while its western borders reached the Leichhardt Range. To the south, its territory extended down to Netherdale.[2]

Alternative names
  • Biriaba
  • Birigaba
  • Breeaba
  • Perembba
  • Perenbba

Source: Tindale 1974, p. 166

Notable individuals

Notes

    Citations
    1. Dixon 2002, p. xxxiii.
    2. Tindale 1974, p. 166.

    Sources
    • Dixon, Robert M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. Volume 1. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-47378-1.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
    • Moore, Clive (1990). "Blackgin's Leap: A Window into Aboriginal-European Relations in the Pioneer Valley, Queensland in the 1860s" (PDF). Aboriginal History. 14 (1): 61–79.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
    • Smyth, Robert Brough (1878). The Aborigines of Victoria: with notes relating to the habits of the natives of other parts of Australia and Tasmania (PDF). Volume 1. Melbourne: J. Ferres, gov't printer.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
    • Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Biria (QLD)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University Press.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)



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