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A humpy is a small, temporary shelter made from bark and tree branches, traditionally used by Australian Aborigines
Australian Aborigines

Australian Aborigines are a Class of peoples who are identified by Australian law as being members of a Race indigenous to the Australia .In the High Court of Australia, Australian Aborigines have been specifically identified as a group of people who share, in common, biological ancestry back to the original occupants of this continent....
, with a standing tree usually used as the main support. The word humpy comes from the Jagara language (a Murri people from Coorparoo
Coorparoo, Queensland

Coorparoo is a southern suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, located approximately four kilometres from the city. Surrounding suburbs include Camp Hill, Queensland, Holland Park, Queensland, Greenslopes, Queensland, East Brisbane, Queensland, Norman Park, Queensland and Seven Hills, Queensland....
 in Brisbane
Brisbane

Brisbane is the state List of Australian capital cities of Queensland and its most populous city. It is also the List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, behind southern rivals Sydney and Melbourne....
); other language groups
Australian Aboriginal languages

The Indigenous Australians languages comprise several Language families and languages and language isolates native to Australia and a few nearby islands, but by convention excluding Tasmania....
 would have different names for the structure.

The word humpy was adopted by early white settlers, and now forms part of the Australian lexicon
Australian English vocabulary

Spoken Australian English includes some Colloquialism phrases and unique slang. Numerous publications aimed at giving an overview of Australian English have been published; many of these are humour books designed for tourists or as novelties....
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A humpy is a small, temporary shelter made from bark and tree branches, traditionally used by Australian Aborigines
Australian Aborigines

Australian Aborigines are a Class of peoples who are identified by Australian law as being members of a Race indigenous to the Australia .In the High Court of Australia, Australian Aborigines have been specifically identified as a group of people who share, in common, biological ancestry back to the original occupants of this continent....
, with a standing tree usually used as the main support. The word humpy comes from the Jagara language (a Murri people from Coorparoo
Coorparoo, Queensland

Coorparoo is a southern suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, located approximately four kilometres from the city. Surrounding suburbs include Camp Hill, Queensland, Holland Park, Queensland, Greenslopes, Queensland, East Brisbane, Queensland, Norman Park, Queensland and Seven Hills, Queensland....
 in Brisbane
Brisbane

Brisbane is the state List of Australian capital cities of Queensland and its most populous city. It is also the List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, behind southern rivals Sydney and Melbourne....
); other language groups
Australian Aboriginal languages

The Indigenous Australians languages comprise several Language families and languages and language isolates native to Australia and a few nearby islands, but by convention excluding Tasmania....
 would have different names for the structure.

The word humpy was adopted by early white settlers, and now forms part of the Australian lexicon
Australian English vocabulary

Spoken Australian English includes some Colloquialism phrases and unique slang. Numerous publications aimed at giving an overview of Australian English have been published; many of these are humour books designed for tourists or as novelties....
. Small impermanent dwellings, made of branches and bark (particularly paperbark
Melaleuca

Melaleuca is a genus of plants in the myrtle family Myrtaceae. There are well over 200 recognized species, most of which are endemic to Australia....
) were built prior to the construction of more permanent buildings, and were referred to as humpies.

It is sometimes called a lean-to
Lean-to

A lean-to is term used for two similar, yet different types of building.It can be a free standing structure of three walls and a sloping roof....
, since it can rely on the tree for support.

In South Australia
South Australia

South Australia is a States and territories of Australia of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories....
, such a shelter is known as a "wurley" (also spelled "wurlie"), possibly from the Kaurna
Kaurna

The Kaurna people are a group of Indigenous Australians whose traditional lands lie in and around the Adelaide Plains of South Australia. Kaurna language is the spoken language of the Kaurna people....
 language. The name "gunya" is also used.

See also

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    Hogan

    A hogan is the primary traditional home of the Navajo people. Other traditional structures include the summer shelter, the underground home, and the sweat house....
  • Igloo
    Igloo

    An igloo , translated sometimes as snowhouse, is the Inuit word for house or habitation, and is not restricted exclusively to snowhouses but includes traditional tents, sod houses, homes constructed of driftwood and modern buildings....
  • Lavvu
    Lavvu

    Lavvu is a temporary dwelling used by the Sami people of northern Scandinavia. It has a design similar to a Indigenous peoples of North America tipi but is less vertical and more stable in high winds....
  • Longhouse
  • Bender tent
    Bender tent

    A bender tent is a simple shelter. A bender is made using bendy withies, such as those of hazel or willow. These are lodged in the ground, then bent and woven together to form a strong dome-shape....
  • Sibley tent
    Sibley tent

    The Sibley tent was a tent invented by Henry Hopkins Sibley and patented in 1856 . Of conical design, it stands about twelve feet high and eighteen feet in diameter....
  • Tipi
    Tipi

    A tipi is a conical tent originally made of animal skins or birch bark and popularized by the Native Americans in the United States of the Great Plains....
  • Wigwam
    Wigwam

    A wigwam or wickiup is a domed single-room dwelling used by certain Indigenous peoples of the Americas tribes. The term wickiup is generally used to label these kinds of dwellings in Southwestern United States and West....
  • Yaranga
    Yaranga

    Yaranga is a tent-like traditional mobile home of some nomadic Northern indigenous peoples of Russia, such as Chukchi people and Siberian Yupik....
  • Yurt
    Yurt

    A yurt is a portable, felt-covered, wood latticework-framed dwelling structure used by nomads in the steppes of Central Asia....


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