Karingbal

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The Karingbal (Garaynbal) are an indigenous Australian people of the state of Queensland. They spoke a dialect of Biri.

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).

Biri is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language of Queensland. A grammar of Biri proper was written before the language became extinct.

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Country

According to Norman Tindale, the Karingbal had around 2,800 square miles (7,300 km2) of territory, around the headwaters of the Comet River and the (upper Mackenzie River. They ran south from beneath Rolleston as far as the Carnarvon Range. Their western frontier lay at Consuelo Peak, while their eastern limits ran to Expedition Range and Bedourie. [1]

Norman Tindale Australian biologist

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

Comet River river in Australia

The Comet River is a river located in Central Queensland, Australia.

Mackenzie River (Queensland) tributary of the Fitzroy River in Queensland, Australia

The Mackenzie River is a river located in Central Queensland, Australia. The Mackenzie River is a major tributary of the Fitzroy River, part of the largest river catchment flowing to the eastern coast of Australia.

Social organization

According to an early source, the tribe was divided into 4 exogamous intermarrying classes:- [2]

MaleFemale
BunyartBunyarrum
ThadbineThadbinun
BinjoolBinjoolun
KiarraKiarrun

Alternative names

Notes

    Citations

    1. ↑ Tindale 1974, p. 174.
    2. ↑ Cameron 1904, p. 27.
    3. ↑ Tindale 1974, p. 175.

    Sources

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

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