Mikurrunya Hills
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Mikurrunya Hills is a geologic formation situated approximately 50 kilometres (31 mi) east of Port Hedland, near Marble Bar Road[1] at the Strelley turnoff,[2] on Nyangumarta[disputed ] country. Mikurrunya Hills is a registered site on the National Native Title Register through the Department of Indigenous Affairs with site ID 9904, site No. P02286; the register records the native title as belonging to the Ngarla people.[3]
The Nyangumarta people have a dreamtime story of the hills: Mikurri is a man[failed verification – see discussion] with two wives, and the jealousy of the older wife forced the younger wife to live apart from the family.[1][4]
The name Mikurrunya was also that of the tri-lingual newsletter the Strelley Aboriginal community school produced in the 1970s.[5][6]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Nyangumarta Overview | Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre". www.wangkamaya.org.au.
- ^ Patrick McConvell. "Aboriginal Placenames". Retrieved 4 April 2021.
- ^ "Extract of National Native Title Register" (PDF). National Native Title Tribunal. 7 April 2021.
- ^ McConvell, Patrick. "Chapter 16 Where the spear sticks up" (pdf). Australian National University(ANU). p. 375. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
- ^ "STRELEEY-Aboriginal Community School". Tribune. No. 2112. New South Wales, Australia. 19 September 1979. p. 9. Retrieved 5 April 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Strelley Literature Production Centre; Strelley Literature Centre (1979), Mikurrunya : Strelley community newsletter, Strelley Literature Centre, retrieved 5 April 2021