The Dhiraila (Thereila, Thiralla) were an Aboriginal Australian people of the state of Queensland.
Language
editAccording to Gavan Breen, the Thereila language was known as Mamwura or Mambanjura (Mambanyura).[1]
Country
editThereila 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 around Bransby and the lower Warrywarry Creek.[1]
Alternative names
edit- Thiralla
- Mambanjura
- Mambanyura
- Mambangura
- Mamwura
- Ngandangura[1]
Notes
editCitations
edit- ^ a b c Tindale 1974, p. 185.
Sources
edit- Myles, F.W. (1886). "Thargominda, Bulloo River" (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. Vol. 2. Melbourne: J. Ferres. pp. 36–41.
- Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Thereila (QLD)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University Press.