Gunaikurnai people
Aboriginal Australian nation of south-east Australia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Gunaikurnai or Gunai/Kurnai (/ˈɡʌnaɪkɜːrnaɪ/ GUN-eye-kur-nye) people, also referred to as the Gunnai or Kurnai, are an Aboriginal Australian nation of south-east Australia. They are the Traditional Custodians of most of present-day Gippsland and much of the southern slopes of the Victorian Alps. The Gunaikurnai nation is composed of five major clans. Many of the Gunaikurnai people resisted early European squatting and subsequent settlement during the nineteenth century, resulting in a number of deadly confrontations between Europeans and the Gunaikurnai. There are about 3,000 Gunaikurnai people alive today, predominantly living in Gippsland. The Gunaikurnai dialects are the traditional language of the Gunaikurnai people, although there are very few fluent speakers today.
Gunai or Kurnai | |
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Total population | |
3000~ | |
Languages | |
Gunaikurnai language, English | |
Religion | |
Australian Aboriginal mythology, Christianity, Irreligion | |
Related ethnic groups | |
see List of Indigenous Australian group names |