Kairi people

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

Queensland North-east state of Australia

Queensland is the second-largest and third-most populous state in the Commonwealth of Australia. Situated in the north-east of the country, it is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean. To its north is the Torres Strait, with Papua New Guinea located less than 200 km across it from the mainland. The state is the world's sixth-largest sub-national entity, with an area of 1,852,642 square kilometres (715,309 sq mi).

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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]

Norman Tindale Australian biologist

Norman Barnett Tindale AO was an Australian anthropologist, archaeologist, entomologist and ethnologist.

Springsure Town in Queensland, Australia

Springsure is a town and a locality in the Central Highlands Region, Queensland, Australia. It is 66 kilometres (41 mi) south of Emerald on the Gregory Highway. It is the southern terminus of the Gregory Highway and the northern terminus of the Dawson Highway. It is 765 kilometres (475 mi) northwest of Brisbane. At the 2016 census, Springsure had a population of 1103.

Capella, Queensland Town in Queensland, Australia

Capella is a small town and locality in the Central Highlands Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Capella had a population of 1,010 people.

Social organization

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

A band society, sometimes called a camp or, in older usage, a horde, is the simplest form of human society. A band generally consists of a small kin group, no larger than an extended family or clan. The general consensus of modern anthropology sees the average number of members of a social band at the simplest level of foraging societies with generally a maximum size of 30 to 50 people.

Emerald, Queensland Town in Queensland, Australia

Emerald is a town in the Central Highlands Region, Queensland, Australia. At the 2016 Census, Emerald had an urban population of approximately 13,500. The town is the business centre for the Central Highlands Regional Council.

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Notes

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

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Sources

Edward Micklethwaite Curr was an Australian pastoralist, author, aboriginal advocate and squatter.

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