Nyangumarta people
The Nyangumarta people, also written Njaŋumada, are a nation of Australian Aborigines from the northwestern coast of Western Australia. According to Norman Tindale, they are divided into two distinct branches, the Kundal and the Iparuka.[1]
Language
Nyangumarta belongs to the Marrngu branch of the Pama–Nyungan languages, together with Mangarla and Karajarri.[2]
Country
Njangumarta Kundal country extended over some 16,000 square miles (41,000 km2), while that of Njangumarta Iparuka comprised an estimated 8,700 square miles (23,000 km2).[1] Together they encompass areas from the Great Sandy Desert south through to Eighty Mile Beach, including Pardoo Station, Wallal Downs Station and Anna Plains Station. Geoffrey O'Grady affirmed that the original extent of their lands at the beginning of white colonial penetration in their domain was 7,000 square miles (18,000 km2), but that their linguistic expansion and influence had increased substantially since then.[3]
Present day
Most Nyangumarta people now live in Broome, Bidyadanga and Port Hedland, though they still regularly visit their country.
Native title
Their traditional ownership of this country was recognised in 2009 by the Federal Court of Australia.[4]
Alternative names
- Njangamada, Nyangamada, Nangamada, Nangamurda, Njangomada, Njangumada.
- Njangumarda, Nangumarda, Njangomada, Nyangumada,Nyangumata.
- Njadamarda, Njanjamarta.
- Ngapakoreilitja. (northern name,'southern waters people.')
- Ngardungardu. (northern name, contrasting with Nganudu (southern Njaŋumada)
- Warmala. (pejorative northern Njangamarda term for southerners)
- Kundal. (name for northern coastal Njangamarda)
- Kundal and Waljuli Njangamarda (southern inlanders names for northern coastal Njangamarda)
- Kularupulu. (name applied jointly to coastal Njangamarda and Karajarri)
- Iparuka. (name used by southern bands)
- Ngapakarna. (another southern endonym)
- I:baruga, Ibarga, Ibarrga, Ibargo.[1]
Notes
Citations
- ^ a b c Tindale 1974, p. 253.
- ^ Sharp 2004, pp. 5–9, 6.
- ^ O'Grady 1957, p. 283.
- ^ NT 2009.
Sources
- "AIATSIS map of Indigenous Australia". AIATSIS.
- Davidson, D. S.; McCarthy, Frederick D. (1957). "The Distribution and Chronology of Some Important Types of Stone Implements in Western Australia". Anthropos. 52 (3/4): 390–458. JSTOR 40454078.
{{cite journal}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - "Hunter v State of Western Australia [2009] FCA 654". AustLII. 19 August 2009.
- O'Grady, Geoffrey N. (June 1957). "Statistical Investigations into an Australian Language". Oceania. 27 (4): 283–312. doi:10.1002/j.1834-4461.1957.tb00707.x. JSTOR 40329062.
{{cite journal}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - O'Grady, Geoffrey N. (1964). Nyangumarta Grammar (PDF). University of Sydney.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Palmer, Kingsley (1991). Aborigines, values and the environment (PDF). Fundamental Questions Paper No.7. ANU Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies. ISBN 0 86740 391 8.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Piddington, Marjorie; Piddington, Ralph (March 1932). "Report of field work in North-Western Australia". Oceania. 2 (3): 342–358. doi:10.1002/j.1834-4461.1932.tb00033.x. JSTOR 27976152.
{{cite journal}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Piddington, Ralph (October–December 1930). "The Water-Serpent in Karadjeri Mythology". Oceania. 1 (3): 352–354. doi:10.1002/j.1834-4461.1930.tb01656.x. JSTOR 40327334.
{{cite journal}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Sharp, Janet (2004). Nyangumarta, a language of the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Pacific Linguistics. ISBN 978-0-858-83529-0.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - "Tindale Tribal Boundaries" (PDF). Department of Aboriginal Affairs, Western Australia. September 2016.
- Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Njangamarda (WA)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-708-10741-6.
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