Araba people

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The Araba were an indigenous Australian people of Queensland.

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According to Norman Tindale's estimate, the Araba had some 4,000 square miles (10,000 km2) of tribal land. [1]

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    Citations

    1. Tindale 1974, p. 164.
    2. Sharp 1939, p. 441.

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