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- proper noun An extinct Aboriginal
people of SouthAustralia . - proper noun The now-extinct
language spoken by the Kaurna people.
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Examples
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The specific groups included the '' Kaurna '' on the Adelaide Plains, '' Peramank '' in the Mount Lofty Ranges, '' Ngarrinjeri '' around the [[Murray River]] and Coorong and '' Pitjantjantjara '' in the far north of the state.
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Tandanya is the Kaurna word for "red kangaroo place," a fact reflected in the museum's logo left at bottom.
Ellen Sterling: Adelaide, South Australia: Much To Offer, Too Seldom Visited Ellen Sterling 2011
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Before public or official gatherings, the person serving as host will say, We would like to acknowledge this land that we meet on today is the traditional lands for the Kaurna people and that we respect their spiritual relationship with their country.
Ellen Sterling: Adelaide, South Australia: Much To Offer, Too Seldom Visited Ellen Sterling 2011
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For example, Morialta Conservation Park a few miles northeast of the city derives its name from the Kaurna word for "ever-flowing" or "running water" in acknowledgment of the waterfall there.
Ellen Sterling: Adelaide, South Australia: Much To Offer, Too Seldom Visited Ellen Sterling 2011
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At public ceremonies in Adelaide there is an acknowledgment that the land on which the city was built is the traditional home of the Kaurna most often pronounced "Ga-na" people, one of the hundreds of groups that populated the country when the Europeans settled there in the eighteenth century.
Ellen Sterling: Adelaide, South Australia: Much To Offer, Too Seldom Visited Ellen Sterling 2011
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Before public or official gatherings, the person serving as host will say, We would like to acknowledge this land that we meet on today is the traditional lands for the Kaurna people and that we respect their spiritual relationship with their country.
Ellen Sterling: Adelaide, South Australia: Much To Offer, Too Seldom Visited Ellen Sterling 2011
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For example, Morialta Conservation Park a few miles northeast of the city derives its name from the Kaurna word for "ever-flowing" or "running water" in acknowledgment of the waterfall there.
Ellen Sterling: Adelaide, South Australia: Much To Offer, Too Seldom Visited Ellen Sterling 2011
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At public ceremonies in Adelaide there is an acknowledgment that the land on which the city was built is the traditional home of the Kaurna most often pronounced "Ga-na" people, one of the hundreds of groups that populated the country when the Europeans settled there in the eighteenth century.
Ellen Sterling: Adelaide, South Australia: Much To Offer, Too Seldom Visited Ellen Sterling 2011
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We also acknowledge the Kaurna people as the custodians of the Adelaide region and that their cultural and heritage beliefs are still as important to the living Kaurna people today.
Ellen Sterling: Adelaide, South Australia: Much To Offer, Too Seldom Visited Ellen Sterling 2011
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Tandanya is the Kaurna word for "red kangaroo place," a fact reflected in the museum's logo left at bottom.
Ellen Sterling: Adelaide, South Australia: Much To Offer, Too Seldom Visited Ellen Sterling 2011
kareneliot commented on the word Kaurna
The definition here is wrong. The Kaurna people are far from extinct. Kaurna people are alive and well. Their language nearly became extinct but was revived thanks to the work of Lewis O'Brian (a Kaurna elder) and others.
I should note that although the Kaurna language is not extinct it is also not a living in language in that as far as I understand it is a second language for those that speak it. More information on the language can be found here;
http://kaurna.tripod.com/
here is a wikipedia site on the Kaurna people;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaurna_people#Population
Also this website
http://kudnarto.tripod.com/ch1.htm
and just for interests sake a video here;
"Living Kaurna Cultural Centre" - Out of the Ordinary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZR-XKm1jMM
June 12, 2012
bilby commented on the word Kaurna
The definition here is pulled from the Wiktionary database.
June 12, 2012