Yorta Yorta people

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Aboriginal Australian people Indigenous people of Australia

The Yorta Yorta people are an Aboriginal Australian nation whose traditional lands span the floodplains and river country of the Murray–Goulburn region in northern Victoria and southern New South Wales.

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instanceOf Aboriginal Australian people →
Indigenous people of Australia →
continent Australia →
country Australia →
culturalLandscape Barmah–Millewa Forest →
culturalPractice ceremonial gatherings →
riverine fishing →
wetland management →
ethnicGroupOf Yorta Yorta Nation Aboriginal Corporation →
hasAlternativeName Jotijota →
Yorta Yorta Nation →
Yotayota →
hasClan Bangerang people →
hasHistoricalEvent Cummeragunja walk-off →
hasLegalCase Yorta Yorta v Victoria →
hasNotablePerson Briggs (rapper) →
Deborah Cheetham →
Jack Patten →
Margaret Tucker →
Monica Morgan →
Nooky (rapper) →
Shirley Peisley →
Sir Douglas Nicholls →
Wayne Atkinson →
William Cooper →
hasOrganization Yorta Yorta Nation Aboriginal Corporation →
historicalEventYear 1939 →
language Yorta Yorta language →
languageFamily Pama–Nyungan languages →
languageStatus revival language →
legalCaseCourt High Court of Australia →
legalCaseDecisionYear 2002 →
legalCaseSubject native title claim →
notableSettlement Cummeragunja Mission →
organizationRole registered Aboriginal party in Victoria →
recognizedTraditionalOwnersOf Barmah National Park →
Murray River floodplain near Echuca →
region Goulburn Valley →
Riverina →
religion Australian Aboriginal spirituality →
state New South Wales →
Victoria →
townsInCountry Cummeragunja →
Echuca →
Mooroopna →
Shepparton →
traditionalTerritory Murray–Goulburn region →
northern Victoria →
southern New South Wales →
traditionalTerritoryFeature Goulburn River →
Murray River →
floodplains →
Referenced by (4)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Yorta Yorta people ("Yorta Yorta Nation") →
hasAlternativeName
Aboriginal Australians →
hasPart
Murray River (part) →
hasTraditionalOwners
Murray River →
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