Wiltja

Wiltjas are shelters made by the Kaurna people and other Indigenous Australian groups. [ [http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/indigenous/technology/ Australian Indigenous tools and technology - Australia's Culture Portal ] ] They are temporary dwellings, and are abandoned and rebuilt rather than maintained. [cite book |last=Australian National Research Council |first= |authorlink=Australian National Research Council |title=Oceania |publisher=University of Sydney |date=1930 |pages=288 |isbn=] Open and semi-circular, [cite book |last=Buckley |first=Ralf |authorlink=Ralf Buckley |title=Case Studies in Ecotourism |publisher=CABI Publishing |date=2003 |pages=110 |isbn=0851996655] wilyjas are meant primarily as a defense against the heat of the sun, and are not an effective shelter from rain. [cite book |last=American Museum of Natural History |first= |authorlink=American Museum of Natural History |title=Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History |publisher=American Museum of Natural History Board of Trustees |date=1976 |pages=32 |isbn=]

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