The Barranbinya, also written Baranbinja and other variants, are an Aboriginal Australian people of New South Wales.
Country
Barranbinya territory extended over an estimated 1,200 square miles (3,100 km) along the northern bank of the Darling River from Bourke to Brewarrina.
Language
Main article: Barranbinya languageAlternative names
- Barren-binya
- Barrumbinya, Burrumbinya, Barrunbarga ( typo)
- Baranbinja
- Burranbinga, Burrabinya
- Burranbinya, Burrunbinya
- Parran-binye
Source: Tindale 1974, p. 191
Notes
- 'Tribe above the junction of the Bogan to the native fishery at Breewarrina.' 'Next language down the Barwon south of the Weilwan speakers.' (Honery 1878, p. 246)
Citations
- Tindale 1974, p. 191.
- Pechey 1872, p. 146.
Sources
- Honery, Thomas (1878). Ridley, William (ed.). "Australian Languages and Traditions: Wailwun Language and Traditions". The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. 7: 232–274. JSTOR 2841001.
- Mathews, R. H. (1903). "Murrawarri and other Australian languages" (PDF). Queensland Geographical Journal. 18: 52–68.
- Mathews, R. H. (1907). "Initiation ceremonies of Murawarri and other aboriginal tribes of Queensland" (PDF). Queensland Geographical Journal. 22: 64–73.
- Oates, Lynette F. (1 January 1985). Barranbinya: Fragments of a N.S.W. Aboriginal language. Pacific Linguistics. Series A. Occasional Papers. Australian National University. pp. 185–204.
- Pechey, W. A (1872). "Vocabulary of the Cornu Tribes of Australia". The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. 1: 143–147. doi:10.2307/2840949. JSTOR 2840949.
- Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Baranbinja (NSW)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University.