Editing Wiradjuri (section)

==Social organisation==
The Wiradjuri were organised into bands. [[Norman Tindale]] quotes [[Alfred William Howitt]] as mentioning several of these local groups of the tribe:
* ''Narrandera'' (prickly lizard)
* ''Cootamundra'' ({{Lang|wrh|kuta-mundra}}, kutamun turtle)
* ''Murranbulla'' ({{Lang|wrh|maring-bula}}, two bark canoes).{{sfn|Tindale|1974|p=201}}

===Burial rite===
The Wiradjuri, together with the [[Gamilaraay]] (who however used them in [[Bora (Australian)|bora ceremonies]]), were particularly known for their use of carved trees which functioned as [[List of types of funerary monument|taphoglyphs]],{{sfn|McCarthy|1940|pp=161–166}} marking the burial site of a notable medicine-man, ceremonial leader, warrior or orator of a tribe. On the death of a distinguished Wiradjuri, initiated men would strip the bark off a tree to allow them to incise symbols on the side of the trunk which faced the [[tumulus|burial mound]]. The craftsmanship on remaining examples of this funeral artwork displays notable artistic power. Four still stand near [[Molong]] at the [[Grave of Yuranigh]].

They are generally to be found near rivers where the softer earth allowed easier burial.{{sfn|McCarthy|1940|p=161}} [[Alfred William Howitt]] remarked that these trees incised with taphoglyphs served both as transit points to allow [[Culture hero|mythological cultural heroes]] to ascend to, and descend from, the firmament as well as a means for the deceased to return to the sky.{{sfn|McCarthy|1940|pp=161–166}}