Wadja people

The Wadja were an indigenous Australian people of Queensland.

Country

Wadja tribal lands covered some 3,300 square miles (8,500 km²) along the streams flowing along the eastern side of the Expedition Range. Their southern boundaries reached as far as Bigge Range. To the east they ran to the vicinity of the Dawson River.[1] They were the indigenous inhabitants of Woorabinda.[1]

History

According to traditional lore, the Wadja arose from a confluence of two distinct tribes, namely the Wainjigo and the Wadja. Long cohabitation over the same tribal grounds led to the effective amalgamation of their separate identities and customs.[1] One other tribe, the Kangulu had strong kinship and cultural connections with the Wadja/Wainjigo

Alternative names

• Wainjago, Wainjigo.
• Wadjainggo.
• Wainggo.[1]

Notes

Citations

1. Tindale 1974, p. 186.

Sources

• McIntosh, Peter (1887). "Eastern slopes of Expedition Range, Lower Dawson, Upper Fitzroy, MacKenzie and Isaacs rivers, and many of their tributaries." (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. 58–62.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Wadja (QLD)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-708-10741-6.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)