Kureinji

Kureinji Traditional lands New South Wales
Murray River on Kureinji lands
Kureinji Traditional lands
Coordinates	34°11′0″S 142°11′0″E / 34.18333°S 142.18333°E / -34.18333; 142.18333Coordinates: 34°11′0″S 142°11′0″E / 34.18333°S 142.18333°E / -34.18333; 142.18333

The Kureinji people are an Aboriginal group whose traditional lands are located in the Northern Riverina of Far West New South Wales, Australia.

Traditional Lands

Ethnologist Norman Tindale notes their traditional lands ranged "From near Euston on the northern bank of the Murray River downstream to Wentworth".

Kemendok National Park is part of their traditional lands.^[1] remains in the park including scar trees, fire hearths, flaked stone artefacts, burial sites and middens.

History

Charles Sturt^[2] passed through their country in 1830 but did not mention the Kureinji, Charles Lockhart in 1862 mentioned but not named them.^[3] Many of the Kureinji today live in Mildura (Founded 1887).

During colonial times bodies were taken from five burial sites along the New South Wales side of the Murray River^[4] and are now part of the Murray Black Collection The repatriation of these bodies is now sought, by tribale groups.

Across the river from the Kureinji, Mildura which is in Ladji Ladji Tribal land was first settled in 1847. In 1855, the Church of England Society funded the Old Pooncarie Mission eight kilometres west of Pooncarie Township on the Darling River.

Linguistically the tribe was part of the Lower Murray Areal group.^[5][6]

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