Warkawarka

The Warkawarka, also called Weki Weki, were an Australian Aboriginal group whose traditional lands are located in Victoria, Australia.^[1] Controversy exists as to whether they were an independent tribe or rather consisted of a subgroup of the Wergaia, the latter view being shared by both Robert M. W. Dixon and Luise Hercus.^[2]

Victoria Aboriginal tribes

Name

The ethnonym seems to derive from their word for "no" (warki=warka),^[1] though the name itself, warkawarka or wargawarga arguably may be a variant of the ethnonym for the Wergaia.^[3]

Country

The Warkawarka tribal lands extended over approximately 2,000 square miles (5,200 km²), from Tyrrell Creek and Lake Tyrrell, southwards to Warracknabeal and Birchip. Their western boundary lay along Hopetoun, and they also ranged over the Morton Plains.^[1]

Alternative names

• Booroung, Boorong^[1]
• Mirdiragoort
• Waikywaiky
• Weki-weki
• Wengenmarongeitch
• Werkawerka
• Wirtu, Wirtoo^[1]

Some words

• wirtu (man)^[1]