Wilawila

Last updated

The Wilawila are an indigenous Australian tribe of the Kimberley region of Western Australia.

Contents

Name

Norman Tindale gave "wilawila" as the proper tribal ethnonym, but noted that, according to reports by the missionary Theodore Hernández, the same group appeared to bear an alternative ethnonym, namely "Taib", which Tindale took to be a Wilawila horde. [1] [2]

Country

According to Tindale, the Wilawila's tribal domains extended over 5,300 square miles (14,000 km2), along and around the Carson and middle Drysdale rivers, stretching from Mount Connelly as far south as the lower Gibb and Durack rivers. [2]

Social organization

The Wilawila were divided into tribal subgroupings or clans/hordes, of which the following names survive.

Tindale also speaks of a Wilawila group, the Tjawurungari/Tawandjangango, on the Osborne Islands, speaking a lighter dialect of the language spoken by the Kambure. [3]

Alternative names

Source: Tindale 1974 , p. 261

Notes

    Citations

    Sources

    Related Research Articles

    The Barungguan are an Aboriginal Australian people of the Cape York Peninsula of Northern Queensland. The name is associated with three languages: Ganganda, Umpithamu and Morrobolam.

    The Murunitja are an indigenous Australian tribe of Western Australia located within the Goldfields-Esperance region.

    The Mbewum were an indigenous Australian people of the Cape York Peninsula of northern Queensland. They were dispossessed and became extinct soon after colonization.

    The Miwa are an indigenous Australian people of the Kimberley region of Western Australia.

    The Wirngir are an indigenous Australian people of the Kimberley region of Western Australia.

    The Arnga are an indigenous Australian people of the northern Kimberley region of Western Australia.

    The Yeidji, also spelt Yiiji and other variants, commonly known as Gwini/ Kwini, are an Aboriginal Australian people of the Kimberley area of Western Australia, who also self-identify as Balanggarra.

    Wunambal Aboriginal Australian people of the Kimberley region in Western Australia

    The Wunambal (Unambal), also known as Wunambal Gaambera, Uunguu, and other names, are an Aboriginal Australian people of the northern Kimberley region of Western Australia.

    The Jabirr Jabbirr are an Indigenous Australian people of the Kimberley region of Western Australia.

    Nyulnyul people

    The Nyulnyul, also spelt Nyul Nyul, Njolnjol, Nyolnyol and other variants, are an Aboriginal Australian people of the Kimberley region of Western Australia.

    The Malngin are an Aboriginal Australian people of the Kimberley region of Western Australia. The Malngin language was a dialect of Gurindj.

    The Yankuntjatjarra, otherwise written Jangkundjara, are an indigenous Australian people of the state of South Australia.

    The Antakirinja, otherwise spelt Antakarinya, and alternatively spoken of as the Ngonde, are an indigenous Australian people of South Australia.

    Yadaneru, also written Jeteneru, refers to a tribe at one time thought to have existed in the Cape York Peninsula of northern Queensland.

    The Wiknatanja were an indigenous Australian people, one of the Wik tribes of the Cape York Peninsula of northern Queensland.

    The Wik Paach or Wikapatja were an indigenous Australian people of the Cape York Peninsula of northern Queensland.

    The Wik Elken (Wik-Kalkan), or Wik-Ngatharr, were an indigenous Australian people, one of the Wik tribes of the Cape York Peninsula of the state of Queensland.

    Wirangu people

    The Wirangu are an Aboriginal Australian people of the Western coastal region of South Australia.

    The Kunggara, also known as Kuritjara, are an indigenous Australian people of the southern Cape York Peninsula in Queensland.

    The Pongaponga were an indigenous Australian people of the Northern Territory. They may have been a band of the Ngolokwangga.