Blackfella (also blackfellah, blackfulla, black fella, or black fellah) is an informal term in Australian English to refer to Indigenous Australians, in particular Aboriginal Australians, most commonly among themselves.[1][2][3]
Similarly, the term whitefella, especially in Aboriginal use, refers to non-Aboriginal or European Australians.[4][5]
See also
edit- "Blackfella/Whitefella", a song by Warumpi Band, co-written by singer George Rrurrambu and guitarist Neil Murray.[6]
- Blackfella Films, a film production company founded and run by Rachel Perkins
- Blackfellas, 1993 film adaptation of Archie Weller's 1981 novel The Day of the Dog
- Indigenous Australians § Terms "Black" and "Blackfella"
- Koori, demonym used by Aboriginal people in Victoria and New South Wales
- List of Australian Aboriginal group names
- Black Australians (disambiguation)
References
edit- ^ "Appropriate Terminology, Indigenous Australian Peoples" (PDF). General Information Folio 5. Flinders University. Retrieved 14 June 2020 – via ipswich.gld.gov.au.
Information adapted from Using the right words: appropriate terminology for Indigenous Australian studies 1996 in Teaching the Teachers: Indigenous Australian Studies for Primary Pre-Service Teacher Education. School of Teacher Education, University of New South Wales
- ^ "Recommended Guidelines for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Terminology" (PDF). Queensland University of Technology. 17 March 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
- ^ "Indigenous Australians: Torres Strait Islanders: Working with Indigenous Australians". www.workingwithindigenousaustralians.info. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
- ^ "Whitefella". Lexico Dictionaries. Archived from the original on 15 May 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
- ^ "Wadjula". Macquarie Dictionary. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
- ^ Bisley, Alexander (14 April 2015). "Blackfella/Whitefella by Warumpi Band – Australia's seminal reconciliation song". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
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