Wongkanguru

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The Wongkanguru, alternatively written Wangkanguru, are an indigenous Australian people of the state of South Australia. The Wongkanguru language is Pama-Nyungan. Their descendants now form an aggregate with the Yarluyandi and are represented by the Wangkangurru Yarluyandi Aboriginal Corporation. Their native title was recognized in 2014.

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Norman Tindale estimated their tribal sway as extending over 14,000 square miles (36,000 km2), taking in the area from Stevenson Creek northwards to Mount Dare. To the east they were at Macumba Creek. The Wongkanguru were also present on the lower reaches of the Finke River. The southern section of the Arunta (Simpson) Desert also formed part of their territory, while to the southeast, their boundaries ran as far as Kallakoopah Creek and the Warburton River. Blood Creek and Atna Hill also lay on Wongkanguru lands. [1]

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  1. "Another recorder who had possible hearing defects, or lapses in transcription techniques, was R. Helms (1895).In his account of the aborigines encountered during the Elder Exploring Expedition, he heard [ij] as [gn] and was seemingly tone deaf to initial [n] and [nj] sounds. Thus he gave Yunga for Njunga, Wonkongnuru for Wongkanguru, .." [5] (Tindale 1974, p. 154)

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