Biria people
The Biria, also spelt Biri and also known as Birri Gubba, are an Aboriginal Australian people of the state of Queensland. They spoke the Biri language and its dialects, although most of these are now[when?] extinct.[citation needed]
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[]
Alternative names for the Biria people include "Biriaba", "Birigaba", "Breeaba", "Perembba", and "Perenbba".Tindale 1974, p. 166
Notable people[]
- Cathy Freeman, Olympic-level athlete[3]
- Jackie Huggins, activist and academic[3]
- Boori Pryor, formerly the joint inaugural Australian Children's Laureate and storyteller[3]
- Gracelyn Smallwood AM, midwife, academic, NAIDOC Person of the Year in 2014[4][5]
- Samuel Wagan Watson, award-winning poet, narrator, and storyteller[3]
- Sam Watson, activist, writer, lecturer, and storyteller[3]
Notes[]
Citations[]
- ^ Dixon 2002, p. xxxiii.
- ^ Tindale 1974, p. 166.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Austlit. "First Nations of the North-East - Who and Where are the Biri / Birri Gubba People?". AustLit. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
- ^ "National Co-design Group". Indigenous Voice.
- ^ "Smallwood, Gracelyn (1951-)", Trove, National Library of Australia
Sources[]
- Dixon, Robert M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. 1. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-47378-1.
- 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.
- 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). 1. Melbourne: J. Ferres, gov't printer.
- Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Biria (QLD)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University Press.
Categories:
- Aboriginal peoples of Queensland