Unggarranggu

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The Unggarranggu, also traditionally transcribed as Ongkarango, are an indigenous Australian people of Western Australia.

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Language

The Unggarranggu spoke a Worrorran language. [1]

Country

The Unggarranggu by Norman Tindale's estimate had a domain extending over roughly 400 square miles (1,000 km2), ranging from the northeastern area of King Sound, the eastern side of Stokes Bay, and reaching north as far as Crawford Bay. They also were present on Helpman Island and thoseislands of the eastern part of the sound as far as Caffarelli. Their continental extension ran no more than 10 miles inland. [2]

Norman Tindale Australian biologist

Norman Barnett Tindale AO was an Australian anthropologist, archaeologist, entomologist and ethnologist.

King Sound gulf

King Sound is a large gulf in northern Western Australia. It expands from the mouth of the Fitzroy River, one of Australia's largest watercourses, and opens to the Indian Ocean. It is about 120 km long, and averages about 50 km in width. The port town of Derby lies near the mouth of the Fitzroy River on the eastern shore of King Sound. King Sound has the highest tides in Australia, and amongst the highest in the world, reaching a maximum tidal range of 11.8 metres at Derby. The tidal range and water dynamic were researched in 1997–1998.

Society

The Unggarranggu were basically a coastal people dwelling on the mainland but were on close terms with the more maritime Umiida. Like the Umiida they plied rafts fashioned from mangrove woods, with which they would sail out to places like the island of Wilima off the mouth of Meda River, close to Warrwa territory. [2]

The Umiida, also written Umede, were an indigenous Australian people of the Kimberley region of north Western Australia.

The Meda River is a river in the Kimberley of Western Australia.

The Warrwa are an indigenous Australian people of Western Australia.

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