Blackfella

Blackfella (also blackfellah, blackfulla, black fella, or black fellah) is an informal term in Australian English to refer to Indigenous Australians, in particular Aboriginal Australians, most commonly among themselves.^[1][2][3]

Similarly, the term whitefella, especially in Aboriginal use, refers to non-Aboriginal or European Australians.^[4][5]

See also

• "Blackfella/Whitefella", a song by Warumpi Band, co-written by singer George Rrurrambu and guitarist Neil Murray.^[6]
• Blackfella Films, a film production company founded and run by Rachel Perkins
• Blackfellas, 1993 film adaptation of Archie Weller's 1981 novel The Day of the Dog
• Indigenous Australians § Terms "Black" and "Blackfella"
• Koori, demonym used by Aboriginal people in Victoria and New South Wales
• List of Australian Aboriginal group names
• Black Australians (disambiguation)

References

1. "Appropriate Terminology, Indigenous Australian Peoples" (PDF). General Information Folio 5. Flinders University. Retrieved 14 June 2020 – via ipswich.gld.gov.au. Information adapted from Using the right words: appropriate terminology for Indigenous Australian studies 1996 in Teaching the Teachers: Indigenous Australian Studies for Primary Pre-Service Teacher Education. School of Teacher Education, University of New South Wales
2. "Recommended Guidelines for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Terminology" (PDF). Queensland University of Technology. 17 March 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
3. "Indigenous Australians: Torres Strait Islanders: Working with Indigenous Australians". www.workingwithindigenousaustralians.info. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
4. . Lexico Dictionaries. Archived from the original on 15 May 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
5. "Wadjula". Macquarie Dictionary. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
6. Bisley, Alexander (14 April 2015). "Blackfella/Whitefella by Warumpi Band – Australia's seminal reconciliation song". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 February 2018.

External links

• Blackfella, Whitefella film