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The Warki are a lakalinyeri (
tribe ) of the
Ngarrindjeri
Australian Aboriginal people of southern
Australia .
Language
The Warki spoke a dialect variety of
Ngarrindjeri .
Country
The Warki traditionally inhabited the area around the north and western areas of
Lake Alexandrina , from Grote Hill as far as
Currency Creek .
Norman Tindale estimated their lands at 300 square miles (780 km2 ). They were also present on the eastern and western extremities of
Hindmarsh Island .
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Social organization
The Warki were composed of at least 8
clans
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Notes
Citations
Sources
Brown, A. R. (July–December 1918). "Notes on the Social Organization of Australian Tribes".
The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland . 48 : 222–253.
doi :
10.2307/2843422 .
JSTOR
2843422 .
Taplin, George (1879).
The Folklore, Manners, Customs, and Languages of the South Australian Aborigines (PDF) . Adelaide: Government Printer.
Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974).
"Warki (SA)" . Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names . Australian National University Press.
ISBN
978-0-708-10741-6 .
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