Yawarrawarrka

See also: Yawarrawarrka language

The Yawarrawarrka (also written Yawarawarka, Jauraworka) were an in Indigenous people of South Australia.

Country

According to the calculations of Norman Tindale the Yauraworka's tribal lands encompassed some 5,600 square miles (15,000 km²), running north of Cooper Creek to Haddon Downs and taking in Cordillo Downs and Cadelga. Their eastern extension penetrated the sandhills east of Goyder Lagoon, running up to roughly Arrabury. Their southeasterly frontier was close to Innamincka, though the Ngurawola also claimed this area.

Alternative names

• Jauroworka,, Yarrawaurka, Yarrawurka
• Yauroka
• Yauarawaka, Yarroworka
• Jaurorka, Yaurorka, Yarawuarka
• Yerawaka, Yowerawoolka, Yowerawarrika..

Some words

• mulla (tame dog).
• anya (father).
• umma (mother).

Sources

• "Aboriginal South Australia". Government of South Australia.
• "AIATSIS map of Indigenous Australia". AIATSIS.
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• Eylmann, Erhard (1908). Die Eingeborenen der Kolonie Südaustralien (PDF). Berlin: D.Reimer.
• Gason, Samuel (1895). "Of the tribes, Dieyerie, Auminie, Yandrawontha,Yarawuarka, Pilladapa". Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. 24: 167–176. JSTOR 2842215.
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• Mathews, R. H. (January 1900). "Divisions of the South Australian Aborigines". Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. 39 (161): 78–91+93. JSTOR 983545.
• Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Jauraworka (SA)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University Press. ISBN 978-0-708-10741-6.