Murri people
{{Short description|Aboriginal Australian people}}
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Murri is a demonym for Aboriginal Australians of modern-day Queensland and north-western New South Wales. For some people and organisations, the use of Indigenous language regional terms is an expression of pride in their heritage. The term includes many ethno-linguistic groups within the area, such as the Kamilaroi (Gamilaraay) and Yuggera (Jagera) peoples.
Many Murri people play rugby league, and the annual Murri Rugby League Carnival is a big event in the sporting calendar.
History
Many Murri were forcibly removed from their land, and placed on missions and Aboriginal reserves with other tribes with whom their relations may not have been friendly. From 1900 until 1972, a substantial number of Murri children became part of the Stolen Generations.{{sfn|HREOC}}
Along with all Australian Aboriginal people they were given suffrage in 1962 for federal elections, along with free access to Musgrave Park.{{cn|date=July 2022}}
The radio station Murri Country has been broadcast since 6 April 1993. It is operated by Brisbane Indigenous Media Association Ltd.{{cite web | title=About| website=Triple A | url=https://triplea.org.au/about/ | access-date=26 March 2024}}
Ethno-linguistic groups
Many of the Murri peoples spoke languages of the Mari family, which was named after the Murri people, but ethnicity and language classifications do not correspond completely. Specific ethno-linguistic groups include:{{citation needed|date=July 2019}}
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- Butchulla (Batjala)
- Baruŋgam
- Bayali
- Birri Gubba (Birigaba, Biria)
- Bundjalung
- (see also Yugambeh-Bandjalangic peoples)
- Darumbal
- Djabugay
- Dyirbal (Jirrbal)
- Gangulu
- Goreng Goreng
- Gubbi Gubbi
- Guwinmal (Koinjmal)
- Jandai
- Kamilaroi (Gamilaraay)
- Mamu
- Turrbul
- Wakka Wakka
- Wangaibon
- Weilwan (Wayilwan)
- Wik peoples such as the Wik Munkin
- Yuggera (Jagera)
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Murri Courts
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Murri Courts, a type of specialist community court for sentencing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Queensland, were established in August 2002. After being closed down by the government in September 2012 as a cost-cutting exercise,{{sfn|HealthInfoNet|2012}} they were reopened in April 2016 under the Palaszczuk government.{{cite web| title=Queensland's Magistrates Court renews commitment to reconciliation| website=Queensland Government| series=Media Statements| first=Shannon| last=Fentiman| author-link=Shannon Fentiman| date=16 May 2022| url=https://statements.qld.gov.au/statements/95152| access-date=27 July 2022| archive-date=16 May 2022| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220516081504/https://statements.qld.gov.au/statements/95152| url-status=live}}{{cite web | last=Kiem | first=Tony | title=Magistrates Court RAP aims to reduce First Nations overrepresentation | website=Proctor | date=17 May 2022 | url=https://www.qlsproctor.com.au/2022/05/magistrates-court-rap-aims-to-reduce-first-nations-overrepresentation/ | access-date=27 July 2022 | archive-date=27 July 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220727054615/https://www.qlsproctor.com.au/2022/05/magistrates-court-rap-aims-to-reduce-first-nations-overrepresentation/ | url-status=live }}
Sport
Since 2011, the annual Murri Rugby League Carnival has been held with the support of the Arthur Beetson Foundation and the Deadly Choices organisation. Through the four-day Carnival, players are selected to represent the Queensland Murri Rugby League team to participate against touring teams in Australia or other countries.
Terminology
For some people and organisations, the use of indigenous language regional terms is an expression of pride in their heritage.{{sfn|Korff|2019}} There are a number of other demonyms, or names from Australian Aboriginal languages commonly used to identify groups based on geography:
- Anangu in northern South Australia, and neighbouring parts of Western Australia and Northern Territory
- Pama in northern Queensland
- Koori in New South Wales and Victoria
- Nunga in southern South Australia
- Noongar (or Nyoongar) in southern Western Australia
- Palawa (or Pakana) in Tasmania
- Wangai in central Western Australia
- Yamatji in the Gascoyne and Pilbara regions of Western Australia
- Yolngu in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory
Notable Murri people
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- Ben Barba, rugby league footballer{{fact|date=May 2022}}
- Matt Bowen, rugby league footballer
- Kev Carmody, singer/songwriter
- Wesley Enoch, playwright and artistic director
- Dane Gagai, rugby league footballer
- Justin Hodges, rugby league footballer
- Jackie Huggins, historian and writer
- Rita Huggins, Aboriginal activist
- Marcia Langton, writer and academic
- Robert Lui, rugby league footballer
- Leah Purcell, actress, film director and writer
- Chris Sandow, rugby league footballer
- Johnathan Thurston, rugby league footballer
- Travis Waddell, rugby league footballer
- Chelsea Watego, academic and writer
- Quaden Bayles, actor{{Cite news |last=Pollard |first=Emma |date=2020-10-12 |title=Mother of bullied boy calls for new law to better protect children at school |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-12/qld-quaden-bayles-disability-royal-commission-bullying-law-call/12753862 |access-date=2024-08-06 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU}}
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File:Ben Barba.jpg|Ben Barba
File:Matt Bowen 2014.jpg|Matt Bowen
File:Danegagai.jpg|Dane Gagai
File:Justin Hodges.jpg|Justin Hodges
File:Gary_Oliver_at_the_10th_Anniversary_National_Apology_Parliamentary_Breakfast._(cropped).jpg|Jackie Huggins
File:Marcia Langton.jpg|Marcia Langton
File:ROBERT LUI.jpg|Robert Lui
File:Leah Purcell.jpg|Leah Purcell
File:Chris Sandow (24 October 2008).jpg|Chris Sandow
File:Johnathanthurston fanday.jpg|Johnathan Thurston
File:traviswaddell.jpg|Travis Waddell
See also
- Indigenous Collection (Miles District Historical Village)
- Murri Country, a radio station in Brisbane, Australia
- Murri School, a school in Brisbane
Notes
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=Citations=
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Sources
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- {{Cite web
| title = Bringing them Home - The Report: 5 Queensland
| publisher = Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
| series = Reconciliation and Social Justice Library
| url = http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/special/rsjproject/rsjlibrary/hreoc/stolen/stolen11.html
| url-status = dead
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20000817181357/http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/special/rsjproject/rsjlibrary/hreoc/stolen/stolen11.html
| via = Australasian Legal Information Institute
| archive-date = 17 August 2000
| ref = {{harvid|HREOC}}
}}]
- {{cite web
| title = How to name Aboriginal people
| last = Korff
| first = Jens
| website = Creative Spirits
| url = http://www.creativespirits.info/aboriginalculture/people/how-to-name-aboriginal-people
| date = 8 February 2019
| access-date = 8 October 2014
| archive-date = 10 December 2015
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151210091310/http://www.creativespirits.info/aboriginalculture/people/how-to-name-aboriginal-people
| url-status = live
}}
- {{Cite news
| title = Qld Government announces closure of Murri courts program for Indigenous offenders
| website = Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
| url = http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/about/news/1050
| date = 3 October 2012
| others = Source: The Queensland Times and The Satellite
| ref = {{harvid|HealthInfoNet|2012}}
| access-date = 21 March 2014
| archive-date = 22 March 2014
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140322030332/http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/about/news/1050
| url-status = live
}}
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{{Aboriginal peoples of Queensland}}
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