A85: Kurajarra

AIATSIS code: 
A85
AIATSIS reference name: 
Kurajarra

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Name
Thesaurus heading language
Kurajarra language A85
Thesaurus heading people
Kurajarra people A85
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Tindale name
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Tindale (1974)
O'Grady et al (1966)
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Other sources
Gurajarra [Tonkinson in <ozbib>Sutton 1995$5542</ozbib>] Guradjara [<ozbib>Berndt 1959$481</ozbib>]
Synonyms
Gurajarra
Comment
Comments: 
Mentioned in Berndt (1959). Tonkinson (in Sutton 1995:156) also refers to Kurajarra (A85). See also Western Desert language A80.
References: 
  • Berndt, Ronald. 1959. The concept of the tribe in the Western Desert of Australia. Oceania 30(2):81-107.
  • Oates, Lynette F. 1975. The 1973 supplement to a revised linguistic survey of Australia. Armidale: Armidale Christian Book Centre.
  • Sutton, Peter. 1995. Country: Aboriginal boundaries and land ownership in Australia. Canberra: Aboriginal History Inc.
Status: 
Potential no data
Location
State / Territory: 
WA
Location information: 
Centred on the McKay ranges and the southwestern headwaters of the Ruddal River, with Warnman to the north-east and Kartujarra to the east in the vicinity of the Canning Stock Route (Tonkinson in Sutton 1995:156).
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Speakers
Year Source Speaker numbers
1975Oates-
1984Senate-
1990Schmidt-
1996Census-
2001Census-
2004NILS1-
2005Estimate-
2006Census-
2011Census-
2014NILS2
2016Census-
2018-2019NILS3

Speaker numbers were measured differently across the censuses and various other sources listed in AUSTLANG. You are encouraged to refer to the sources.

Speaker numbers for ‘NILS 2004’ and ‘2005 estimate’ come from 'Table F.3: Numbers of speakers of Australian Indigenous languages (various surveys)' in 'Appendix F NILS endangerment and absolute number results' in McConvell, Marmion and McNicol 2005, pages 198-230 (PDF, 2.5MB).

Documentation
Type Documentation Status Documentation Score
Word list None 0
Text Collection None 0
Grammar None 0
Audio-visual None 0
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Classification
Source Family Group Sub-group Name Relationship
Ethnologue (2005)
Dixon (2002)
Wurm (1994)
Walsh (1981)
Oates (1975)
Wurm (1972)
O'Grady, Voegelin and Voegelin (1966)