A humpy, also known by regional names including gunyah, wurley, wurly, wurlie, mia-mia or wiltja, is a small, temporary shelter traditionally built by Aboriginal Australians, generally made of branches and bark and often resembling a lean-to raised against a standing tree for support. The word humpy comes from the Turrubal language of the inner Brisbane area, and other Aboriginal languages used their own names for the same kind of shelter: wurley in South Australia, wiltja in the Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara languages, and mia-mia in the Wadawurrung language around Melbourne. These impermanent dwellings were built to be assembled quickly and left behind as groups moved across country, suited to a mobile way of life rather than a fixed settlement.
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