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 ⓘ