Wergaia people

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The Wergaia people are an Aboriginal Australian group whose traditional lands lie in western Victoria, where they maintain rich cultural, linguistic, and spiritual connections to Country.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Gunaikurnai people 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Aboriginal Australian people
Indigenous people of Victoria
country Australia
ethnicGroupOf Kulin nation NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Werrigaia NERFINISHED
Werrigaria NERFINISHED
Werrigaya NERFINISHED
Werrigia NERFINISHED
Werrigle NERFINISHED
Werrigoe NERFINISHED
Werrigow NERFINISHED
Werrigra NERFINISHED
Werrigya NERFINISHED
Werrika NERFINISHED
Werrikaia NERFINISHED
Werrikia NERFINISHED
Werrikya NERFINISHED
Werrikyga NERFINISHED
Werrikygaia NERFINISHED
Werrikygo NERFINISHED
Werrikygoa NERFINISHED
Werrikygoe NERFINISHED
Werrikygoi NERFINISHED
Werrikygoia NERFINISHED
Werrikygoie NERFINISHED
Werrikygoon NERFINISHED
Werrikygoor NERFINISHED
Werrikygoora NERFINISHED
Werrikygoorra NERFINISHED
Werrikygoorro NERFINISHED
Werrikygoorru NERFINISHED
Werrikygooru NERFINISHED
Werrikygoorua NERFINISHED
Werrikygoorue NERFINISHED
Werrikygoorui NERFINISHED
Werrikygooruk NERFINISHED
Werrikygoorukg NERFINISHED
Werrikygoorukga NERFINISHED
Werrikygoorukgar NERFINISHED
Werrikygoorukgara NERFINISHED
Werrikygoorukgarra NERFINISHED
Werrikygoorukgarre NERFINISHED
Werrikygoorukgarri NERFINISHED
Werrikygoorukgarro NERFINISHED
Werrikygoorukgarroo NERFINISHED
Werrikygoorukgarrou NERFINISHED
Werrikygoorukgarrow NERFINISHED
hasConnectionTo Mallee scrublands
Wimmera River NERFINISHED
desert fringe environments
hasContemporaryRepresentation Aboriginal organisations in western Victoria
hasCulturalConnectionTo Country
hasCulturalHeritage Dreaming stories
songlines
hasLanguage Wergaia language NERFINISHED
hasLinguisticConnectionTo Country
hasSocialStructure clan-based society
hasSpiritualConnectionTo Country
hasTraditionalFoodSource native animals of the Wimmera
native plants of the Wimmera
hasTraditionalKnowledge land management
seasonal cycles
water management
hasTraditionalPractice fire-stick farming
languageFamily Kulin languages NERFINISHED
languageStatus endangered language
partOf First Nations of Australia NERFINISHED
region north-western Victoria
religion Australian Aboriginal spirituality
traditionalTerritory Mallee region NERFINISHED
Wimmera region NERFINISHED
western Victoria NERFINISHED

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Wamba Wamba people hasNeighboringGroup Wergaia people
Omeo, Victoria traditionalOwners Wergaia people
this entity surface form: Gunaikurnai people