Awarai
The Awarai (Warray) are an indigenous Australian people of the Northern Territory.
01Language
The Norwegian explorer Knut Dahl wrote down a short list of vocabulary of the Awarai language.
02Country
The Awarai tribal lands took in some 1,400 square miles (3,600 km2) of territory, between Mount Shoebridge and the Central Tableland. Their northern boundary was 46 miles south of Darwin, on the Darwin River near the Adelaide-Darwin railway line and 10 miles north of Rum Jungle. The southern limits were at Brocks Creek, where their border met that of the Awinmul.
04People
According to Norman Tindale, they stood in fear of the Agigondin horde of the Wulwulam, which however incorporated them eventually as a subtribe.
05Alternative names
- Awarrai, Awarra
- Warai, Warei, Warrai
Source: Tindale 1974, p. 221
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03Social organization
The Warai had arrangements to supply the Wogait with women for marriage.