Gayiri facts for kids
The Gayiri, people, also spelt or known as Kairi, Kararya, Kari, Khararya and Kaira, Bimurraburra, Gahrarja, Gara Gara, Ara Ara, and Kara Kara, are an Aboriginal Australian people of the state of Queensland.
Country
According to an estimation made by Norman Tindale, the Kairi held sway over some 5,900 square miles (15,000 km2) of territory, from the Great Dividing Range south of Springsure north to Capella. The Drummond Range formed their western frontier, while their eastern boundaries were drawn by the Comet and upper Mackenzie (Nogoa) rivers.
Social organisation
The Kairi were divided into hordes, the name of at least one of which is known.
- Bimurraburra. (a clan in the environs of Emerald)
Alternative names
- Khararya. (kara is their word for "no".)
- Bimurraburra.
Cullin-la-ringo massacre
Gayiri men were involved in the Cullin-la-ringo massacre, in which 19 settlers were killed as retribution after Gayiri men had been murdered after being falsely accused of stealing cattle. Settlers and native police killed around 370 Gayiri people in reprisal killings.
