Yorta Yorta people

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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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Yorta Yorta people canonical 26
Yorta Yorta Nation 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Aboriginal Australian people
Indigenous people of Australia
continent Australia
country Australia
culturalLandscape Barmah National Park
surface form: Barmah–Millewa Forest
culturalPractice ceremonial gatherings
riverine fishing
wetland management
ethnicGroupOf Yorta Yorta Nation Aboriginal Corporation
hasAlternativeName Jotijota
Yorta Yorta people
surface form: 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
Doug Nicholls
surface form: 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
surface form: Cummeragunja Mission
organizationRole registered Aboriginal party in Victoria
recognizedTraditionalOwnersOf Barmah National Park
Echuca
surface form: Murray River floodplain near Echuca
region Goulburn Valley
Riverina
religion Australian Aboriginal spirituality
state New South Wales
Victoria
townsInCountry Cummeragunja
Echuca
Murrurundi
surface form: Mooroopna

Shepparton
traditionalTerritory Murray region
surface form: Murray–Goulburn region

northern Victoria
southern New South Wales
traditionalTerritoryFeature Goulburn River
Murray River
floodplains

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Murray River (part) hasTraditionalOwners Yorta Yorta people
Yorta Yorta people hasAlternativeName Yorta Yorta people
this entity surface form: Yorta Yorta Nation
Aboriginal Australians hasPart Yorta Yorta people
Murray River traditionalOwnersInclude Yorta Yorta people
Wamba Wamba people hasNeighboringGroup Yorta Yorta people
Jimmy Little ethnicGroup Yorta Yorta people
Yorta Yorta language spokenBy Yorta Yorta people
Jotijota hasPeople Yorta Yorta people
Cummeragunja traditionalOwners Yorta Yorta people
Cummeragunja onTraditionalCountryOf Yorta Yorta people
Cummeragunja hasCulturalSignificanceFor Yorta Yorta people
Shirley Peisley ethnicGroupAdvocatedFor Yorta Yorta people
Cummeragunja walk-off hasEthnicGroup Yorta Yorta people
Cummeragunja walk-off hasParticipant Yorta Yorta people
Yorta Yorta v Victoria party Yorta Yorta people
Barmah National Park traditionalOwners Yorta Yorta people
Shepparton locatedOnTraditionalLandsOf Yorta Yorta people
Shepparton traditionalOwners Yorta Yorta people
Bangerang people hasNeighbour Yorta Yorta people
Goulburn Valley traditionalOwners Yorta Yorta people
Monica Morgan people Yorta Yorta people
Deborah Cheetham people Yorta Yorta people
William Cooper ethnicGroup Yorta Yorta people
Wayne Atkinson ethnicGroup Yorta Yorta people