TheWadjalang, also known as theDharawala, were anindigenous Australian people ofQueensland.
According toNorman Tindale, the vocabularies collected byE. M. Curr from two local informants, L. F. Dalhunty and James Crombie, probably are derived from the language once spoken by the Wadjalang.[1]
In Tindale's estimation, the Wadjalang tribal lands encompassed some 15,000 square miles (39,000 km2) taking in the headwaters of theBulloo andLanglo rivers, and ran north fromQuilpie toNorthampton Downs to the east of Blackall, and toTambo, The eastern boundaries were set atCheepie, Burrandilla, and theNive Downs. Also included in their traditional lands wereAmbathalla andMinnie Downs.[2]
Male circumcision had no place in Wadjalang initiation ceremonies.[2]