Kaurna people
Sign in to saveThe Kaurna people (, ; also Coorna, Kaura, Gaurna and other variations) are a group of Aboriginal people whose traditional lands include the Adelaide Plains of South Australia. They were known as the Adelaide tribe by the early settlers. Kaurna culture and language were almost completely destroyed within a few decades of the British colonisation of South Australia in 1836. However, extensive documentation by early missionaries and other researchers has enabled a modern revival of both language and culture. The phrase Kaurna meyunna means "Kaurna people".
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- Etymology
- Language
- Territory
- Dispossession
- Population
- 1790s–1860s
- 1860s–present
- Native title
- Culture
- Artefacts
- Tribal organisation
- Rites and mythology
- Seasons
- Cultural revival
- Organisations
- Dance
- Kaurna place names
- Alternative names
- Repatriation of remains
- Notable people
- Jack Buckskin
- Stephen Goldsmith
- Other notable Kaurna people
- See also
- Footnotes
- References
- Citations
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- Further reading
The Kaurna people (, ; also Coorna, Kaura, Gaurna and other variations) are a group of Aboriginal people whose traditional lands include the Adelaide Plains of South Australia. They were known as the Adelaide tribe by the early settlers. Kaurna culture and language were almost completely destroyed within a few decades of the British colonisation of South Australia in 1836. However, extensive documentation by early missionaries and other researchers has enabled a modern revival of both language and culture. The phrase Kaurna meyunna means "Kaurna people".
==Etymology== The early settlers of South Australia referred to the various indigenous tribes of the Adelaide Plains and Fleurieu Peninsula as "Rapid Bay tribe", "the Encounter Bay tribe", "the Adelaide tribe", the Kouwandilla tribe, "the Wirra tribe", "the Noarlunga tribe" (the Ngurlonnga band) and the Willunga tribe (the Willangga band).
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