A 19th-century engraving showing Aboriginal people and a humpyAboriginal winter encampments in wurlies, South Australia, c. 1858Aboriginal camp, Victoria, c. 1858Different types of Aboriginal shelters, Queensland.
Ahumpy, also known as agunyah,[1][2][3][4]wurley,wurly,wurlie,mia-mia, orwiltija, is a small, temporary shelter, traditionally used byAustralian Aboriginal people. These impermanent dwellings, made of branches and bark, are sometimes called alean-to, since they often rely on a standing tree for support.
They were temporary shelters made of bark, branches, leaves and grass used by Indigenous Australians.[10] Both names were adopted by early white settlers, and now form part of theAustralian lexicon. The use of the term appears to have broadened in later usage to include any temporary building made from any available materials, including canvas, flattened metal drums, and sheets of corrugated iron.
InDark Emu,Bruce Pascoe argues that contrary to popular perception of Aboriginal dwellings being only temporary, some gunyahs in theChannel Country could accommodate up to 50 people and formed part of permanent agricultural communities.[11]
^Memmott, Paul (2007),Gunyah, Goondie and Wurley : the Aboriginal architecture of Australia (1st ed.), University of Queensland Press,ISBN978-0-7022-3245-9
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