The term includes many ethno-linguistic groups within the area, such as the Kamilaroi (Gamilaraay) and Yuggera (Jagera) peoples.
Many Murri were forcibly removed from their land, and placed on missions and Aboriginal reserves with other tribes with whom their relations may not have been friendly.
[1] Along with all Australian Aboriginal people they were given suffrage in 1962 for federal elections, along with free access to Musgrave Park.
[4][5] Since 2011, the annual Murri Rugby League Carnival has been held with the support of the Arthur Beetson Foundation and the Deadly Choices organisation.
[6] There are a number of other demonyms, or names from Australian Aboriginal languages commonly used to identify groups based on geography: