Dieri
The Dieri are an Aboriginal tribe and they also form their own language community. The tribe live in the desert area of South Australia , which includes the Simpson Desert , Strzelecki Desert and Tirari Desert . They live along the Cooper River to eastern Lake Eyre .
Land law
The Dieri have had ownership of 87,733 square kilometers of land since 1997, which is enshrined in a legal act in the Dieri Native Title Claim. The area owned by the Dieri extends from the east of Lake Eyre to the north to Muloorina to the Warburton River and to the east of Killalapaninna. It includes the landmarks of Cooper Creek and Leigh Creek, Lake Howitt, Lake Hope, Lake Gregory, and Clayton River.
Alternative names
Alternative names for the Dieri are: Diari, Diyeri, Dieyerie, Deerie, Dayerrie, Dthee-eri Kunari near Cooper Creek, Koonarie, Wongkadieri near Arabana, Tiari (near the southern Arrernte ) Urrominna, Kujani, Tirari and Diyari.
language
The Dieri language has died out .
See also
Web links
- Native Title (English)
- Dieri-Report ( Memento of October 1, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF file; 419 kB)
- Dieri region (English)
- Relationship between the Dieri (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dieri Native Title Claim ( Memento from August 20, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ AusAnthrop research, resources and documentation [1]
- ↑ Dieri . Ethnologue website . Retrieved October 21, 2012.