Gayiri

The Gayiri, people, also spelt or known as Kairi, Kararya, Kari, Khararya and Kaira, Bimurraburra, Gahrarja, Gara Gara, Ara Ara, and Kara Kara,[1] are an Aboriginal Australian people of the state of Queensland.

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.[3]

Social organisation

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

• Bimurraburra. (a clan in the environs of Emerald)[3]

Alternative names

• Khararya. (kara is their word for "no".)
• Bimurraburra.[3]

Notes

1. Middleton and Noble state they were some 25 miles north of present-day Springsure.[2]

Citations

1. "E44: Gayiri". AIATSIS Collection: AUSTLANG. 26 July 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
2. Middleton & Noble 1887, p. 90.
3. Tindale 1974, p. 173.

Sources

• Middleton, T.; Noble, E. Irving (1887). "Nogoa" (PDF). In Curr, Edward Micklethwaite (ed.). The Australian race: its origin, languages, customs, place of landing in Australia and the routes by which it spread itself over the continent. Volume 3. Melbourne: J. Ferres. pp. 90–95.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Kairi (QLD)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University Press.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)