Thereila

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The Thereila, also known as the Thiralla, 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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Language

According to Gavan Breen, the Thereila spoke a language Mamwura/Mambanjura. [1]

Gavan Breen is an Australian linguist, specializing in the description of Australian Aboriginal languages. He has studied and recorded 49 such languages.

Country

Thereila tribal lands extended, according to Norman Tindale, over some 2,800 square miles (7,300 km2). They lay south of Nockatunga and Noccundra, as far as the Grey Range. They were present at Dingera Creek. Their western confines were arsound Bransby and the lower Warrywarry Creek. [1]

Norman Tindale Australian biologist

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

Nockatunga Station pastoral lease and cattle station in Queensland, Australia

Nockatunga Station most commonly known as Nockatunga is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station in South West Queensland, Australia.

Noccundra Town in Queensland, Australia

Noccundra is a township within the locality of Nockatunga in the Shire of Bulloo in South West Queensland, Australia.

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

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