Tjuroro people

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The Tjuroro, also known as the Jurruru, were an Aboriginal Australian people of the Pilbara region of Western Australia.

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Name

The Tjuroro ethnonym appears to have meant 'lowlanders', in opposition to the Kurama (uplanders). [1]

Language

The Tjuroro spoke Jurruru.

Country

2,200 square miles (5,700 km2) along and southeast of the Ashburton River from Kooline to Ashburton Downs and Turee Creek junction. Their northern extension went as far as the slopes overlooking the Pilbara's Hardey River. They also hunted as far north and south as the headwaters of the creeks in the Kenneth and Capricorn Ranges. [1]

Alternative names

Source: Tindale 1974 , p. 257

Notes

    Citations

    1. 1 2 Tindale 1974, p. 257.

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