Wemba-Wemba bears strong similarities to Woiwurrung.[2] When Moravian missionaries came and started to learn a language in Wemba Wemba territory, at Archibald Macarthur Camppbell's Gannawarra station, they quickly noted that the Aboriginal people, perceiving they were understood, slipped into using another language, not willing to allow this "cultural conquest" to enable the white men to learn of matters they wished to keep secret from outsiders.[3][a]
Countryedit
Before European settlement in the nineteenth century, the Wemba-Wemba occupied the area around the Loddon River, reaching northwards from Kerang, Victoria to Swan Hill, and including the area of the Avoca River, southwards towards Quambatook. In a northeasterly direction, their territory ran up, over the New South Wales-Victorian border to Booroorban and Moulamein, and extended to the vicinity of Barham. Lake Boga and Boora in Victoria also fell within their domain.[1] The overall extension of their territory has been calculated by Norman Tindale to be roughly 3,200 square miles (8,300 km2).[1]
Social structureedit
The Wembawemba were registered as consisting of five hordes. Stone lists these hordes, residing around Towaninny, Meelool Station (with a name indicating they were thought to be quarrelsome), Lake Boga, Gonn on the Murray River (called the Dietjenbaluk ("always on the move"), and Bael Bael.[1]
Contact historyedit
The explorer Thomas Mitchell was the first white man to cross Wembawemba territory, in 1836.[4]
Attempt to evangelize the Wembawembaedit
The Wembas-Wemba's religio-cultural worldview was centered on a dreaming, which they called yemurraki.[5]
Two German Moravian missionaries, Reverend A.F.C. Täger and Reverend F.W. Spieseke, convinced that the Wembawemba, whom they called culli, were "the most wretched and bleakest (people), who live on God's earth",[6] established Lake Boga mission in 1851. The mission closed in 1856 due to lack of converts, disputes with local authorities and hostilities from local landholders.[7] The Moravian Church established a subsequent mission site in Wergaia territory near Lake Hindmarsh in 1856 (see Ebenezer Mission).[8]
Notesedit
^Jensz notes the paradox that, conversely, at the Ebenezer Mission, pastors resorted to German to stop their converts, fluent in English, from understanding them when they were discussing certain issues. (Jensz 2010, p. 82)
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wemba, wemba, language, wemba, wemba, language, aboriginal, australian, people, north, western, victoria, south, western, south, wales, australia, including, mallee, riverina, regions, they, also, known, wamba, wamba, aboriginal, victorian, language, territori. For the language see Wemba Wemba language The Wemba Wemba are an Aboriginal Australian people in north Western Victoria and south western New South Wales Australia including in the Mallee and the Riverina regions They are also known as the Wamba Wamba 1 Map of Aboriginal Victorian language territories Contents 1 Language 2 Country 3 Social structure 4 Contact history 4 1 Attempt to evangelize the Wembawemba 5 Notes 5 1 Citations 6 SourcesLanguage editMain article Wemba Wemba language Wemba Wemba bears strong similarities to Woiwurrung 2 When Moravian missionaries came and started to learn a language in Wemba Wemba territory at Archibald Macarthur Camppbell s Gannawarra station they quickly noted that the Aboriginal people perceiving they were understood slipped into using another language not willing to allow this cultural conquest to enable the white men to learn of matters they wished to keep secret from outsiders 3 a Country editBefore European settlement in the nineteenth century the Wemba Wemba occupied the area around the Loddon River reaching northwards from Kerang Victoria to Swan Hill and including the area of the Avoca River southwards towards Quambatook In a northeasterly direction their territory ran up over the New South Wales Victorian border to Booroorban and Moulamein and extended to the vicinity of Barham Lake Boga and Boora in Victoria also fell within their domain 1 The overall extension of their territory has been calculated by Norman Tindale to be roughly 3 200 square miles 8 300 km2 1 Social structure editThe Wembawemba were registered as consisting of five hordes Stone lists these hordes residing around Towaninny Meelool Station with a name indicating they were thought to be quarrelsome Lake Boga Gonn on the Murray River called the Dietjenbaluk always on the move and Bael Bael 1 Contact history editThe explorer Thomas Mitchell was the first white man to cross Wembawemba territory in 1836 4 Attempt to evangelize the Wembawemba edit The Wembas Wemba s religio cultural worldview was centered on a dreaming which they called yemurraki 5 Two German Moravian missionaries Reverend A F C Tager and Reverend F W Spieseke convinced that the Wembawemba whom they called culli were the most wretched and bleakest people who live on God s earth 6 established Lake Boga mission in 1851 The mission closed in 1856 due to lack of converts disputes with local authorities and hostilities from local landholders 7 The Moravian Church established a subsequent mission site in Wergaia territory near Lake Hindmarsh in 1856 see Ebenezer Mission 8 Notes edit Jensz notes the paradox that conversely at the Ebenezer Mission pastors resorted to German to stop their converts fluent in English from understanding them when they were discussing certain issues Jensz 2010 p 82 Citations edit a b c d Tindale 1974 McBryde 1986 p 83 Jensz 2010 pp 80 81 Jensz 2010 pp 73 74 Clarke 2003 p 382 Jensz 2010 p 74 Jensz 2010 pp 71 112 Clark 1995 Sources editBarwick Diane E 1984 McBryde Isabel ed Mapping the past an atlas of Victorian clans 1835 1904 Aboriginal History 8 2 100 131 JSTOR 24045800 Clark Ian D 1995 Scars in the Landscape a register of massacre sites in western Victoria 1803 1859 PDF AIATSIS pp 135 139 ISBN 0 85575 281 5 Clark Ian D 2009 Reconstruction of Aboriginal microtoponymy in western and central Victoria Case studies from Tower Hill the Hopkins River and Lake Boga PDF In Hercus Luise Koch Harold eds Aboriginal Placenames Naming and Re naming the Australian Landscape Australian National University pp 207 221 ISBN 978 1 921 66609 4 Clarke P A 2003 Australian Aboriginal Mythology In Parker Janet Stanton Julie eds Mythology Myths Legends amp Fantasies Global Book Publishing pp 382 401 ISBN 978 0 785 81790 1 Clarke Philip A 2008 Aboriginal Plant Collectors Botanists and Australian Aboriginal People in the Nineteenth Century Rosenberg Publishers ISBN 978 1 877 05868 4 Jensz Felicity 2010 Ein Fauler Fleck Lake Boga A Putrid Stain German Moravian Missionaries in the British Colony of Victoria Australia 1848 1908 Influential Strangers BRILL pp 71 112 ISBN 978 9 004 17921 9 McBryde Isabel 1986 Artefacts Language and Social Interaction A Case Study from South Eastern Australia In Bailey G N Callow P eds Stone Age Prehistory Studies in Memory of Charles McBurney Cambridge University Press pp 77 93 ISBN 978 0 521 25773 2 Tindale Norman Barnett 1974 Wembawemba NSW Aboriginal Tribes of Australia Their Terrain Environmental Controls Distribution Limits and Proper Names ANU Press ISBN 978 0 708 10741 6 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Wemba Wemba amp oldid 1166045926, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
