Wariangga

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The Wariangga are an indigenous Australian people of Western Australia.

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According to Norman Tindale's estimation the Wariangga's tribal lands stretched over approximately 1,700 square miles (4,400 km2) in the Gascoyne region, covering areas of the Upper Lyons River, and including also Gifford and Minnie creeks, Edmund and the area east of Maroonah. [1] Tindale states also that they held to a strict maintenance of boundaries. Their neighbours were the Tenma to the north, the Dyiwali to their northeast, the Ninanu directly east, the Watjarri southeast, the Malgaru at their southern limits, and the Tharrkari due west.

Norman Tindale Australian biologist

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

Gascoyne region of Western Australia

The Gascoyne region is one of the nine administrative regions of Western Australia. It is located in the north west of Western Australia, and consists of the local government areas of Carnarvon, Exmouth, Shark Bay and Upper Gascoyne. The Gascoyne has about 600 km (370 mi) of Indian Ocean coastline; extends inland about 500 km (310 mi); and has an area of 138,000 km2 (53,000 sq mi), including islands.

Lyons River river in Western Australia, Australia

The Lyons River is a river in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia.

Social organization

The Wariangga did not practice circumcision. Their marriage system was described by Daisy Bates. [2]

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Notes

    Citations

    1. 1 2 Tindale 1974, p. 259.
    2. ↑ Bates 1914, p. 393.

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