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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Wergaia people canonical 6
Gunaikurnai people 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (72)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Aboriginal Australian people
Indigenous people of Victoria
country Australia
ethnicGroupOf Kulin nation
linked to: Kulin peoples
hasAlternativeName Werrigaia
Werrigaria
Werrigaya
Werrigia
Werrigle
Werrigoe
Werrigow
linked to: Werrigaia

Werrigra
Werrigya
linked to: Werrigoe

Werrika
Werrikaia
linked to: Werrika

Werrikia
linked to: Werrika

Werrikya
Werrikyga
Werrikygaia
linked to: Werrikyga

Werrikygo
linked to: Werrikygoa

Werrikygoa
Werrikygoe
linked to: Werrikygoa

Werrikygoi
Werrikygoia
linked to: Werrikygoa

Werrikygoie
linked to: Werrikyga

Werrikygoon
linked to: Werrigaia

Werrikygoor
linked to: Werrikygoora

Werrikygoora
Werrikygoorra
linked to: Werrikygoa

Werrikygoorro
linked to: Werrikygoa

Werrikygoorru
linked to: Werrikygoorukgarrow

Werrikygooru
Werrikygoorua
linked to: Werrikygooru

Werrikygoorue
linked to: Werrikygooru

Werrikygoorui
linked to: Werrikygooru

Werrikygooruk
linked to: Werrikygoorukgarrow

Werrikygoorukg
linked to: Werrikygooru

Werrikygoorukga
linked to: Werrikygoorukgarrow

Werrikygoorukgar
linked to: Werrikygoorukgarrow

Werrikygoorukgara
linked to: Werrikygoorukgarrow

Werrikygoorukgarra
linked to: Werrikygooru

Werrikygoorukgarre
linked to: Werrikygoorukgarrow

Werrikygoorukgarri
linked to: Werrikygoorukgarrow

Werrikygoorukgarro
linked to: Werrikygoorukgarrow

Werrikygoorukgarroo
linked to: Werrikygooru

Werrikygoorukgarrou
linked to: Werrikygoorukgarrow

Werrikygoorukgarrow
hasConnectionTo Mallee scrublands
Wimmera River
desert fringe environments
hasContemporaryRepresentation Aboriginal organisations in western Victoria
hasCulturalConnectionTo Country
hasCulturalHeritage Dreaming stories
songlines
hasLanguage Wergaia language
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
languageStatus endangered language
partOf First Nations of Australia
region north-western Victoria
religion Australian Aboriginal spirituality
traditionalTerritory Mallee region
Wimmera region
western Victoria

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

Wamba Wamba people hasNeighboringGroup Wergaia people
Omeo, Victoria traditionalOwners Gunaikurnai people
linked to: Wergaia people
Latji Latji people neighboringGroup Wergaia people
Jardwadjali people areRelatedTo Wergaia people
Sea Lake traditionalOwners Wergaia people
Ouyen traditionalOwners Wergaia people