Awarai


The Awarai are an indigenous Australian people of the Northern Territory.

Language

The Norwegian explorer Knut Dahl wrote down a short list of vocabulary of the Awarai language.

Country

The Awarai tribal lands took in some of territory, between Mount Shoebridge and the Central Tableland. Their northern boundary was 46 miles south of Darwin, on the Darwin River near the Adelaide–Darwin railway line and 10 miles north of Rum Jungle. The southern limits were at Brocks Creek, where their border met that of the Awinmul.

Social organization

The Warai had arrangements to supply the Wogait with women for marriage.

People

According to Norman Tindale, they stood in fear of the Agigondin horde of the Wulwulam, which however incorporated them eventually as a subtribe.

Alternative names

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Some words