Thaua

Thaua people

South east corner bioregion
Hierarchy
Language family: Pama–Nyungan
Language branch: Yuin–Kuric
Language group: Yuin
(shared word for man)

(aka Thurga)
(shared word for no)
Group dialect: 'Thaua' (Tindale)
Group estate: Baianbal (forest people)
Katungal (seacoast people)
Area (2,100 sq. km)
Bioregion: South east corner
Location: South Coast (NSW)
Coordinates: 36°55′S 149°40′E / 36.917°S 149.667°E / -36.917; 149.667Coordinates: 36°55′S 149°40′E / 36.917°S 149.667°E / -36.917; 149.667

Thaua people, (also spelled Dhawa [1]) or Thauaira or Thawa or Tharawal people of the Yuin (Murring) nation of the South Coast of New South Wales.

The associated language name is Thurga /Thoorga / Durga/ Dhurga.

Country

Norman Tindale in his 1974 catalogue of Australian Aboriginal boundaries describes the Thua country and associated estates as follows:[2]

From north of Merimbula south to Green Cape; west to the scarp of the Dividing Range. Their hordes were divided into two groups, the ['Katungal] 'sea coast people,' and the ['Baianbal] or ['Paienbara], the 'tomahawk people,' those who lived in the forests; a third group, the Bemerigal or mountain people at Cooma belonged to the Ngarigo with whom the inland Thaua had some associations.

See also

Bittangabee Bay, known as 'Pertangerbee' by the Thaua people

External links

References

  1. AusAntrop Language Id S.52
  2. Tindale, Norman (1974) "Thaua" in his Catalogue of Australian Aboriginal Tribes. South Australian Museum. Accessed 9 June 2008
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