Wongkanguru

The Wongkanguru were an indigenous Australian people of the state of South Australia.

Country

Norman Tindale estimated their truibal 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]

Alternative names

  • Wangkanguru. (Yankuntjatjarra pronunciation)
  • Wongkongaru,Wonkanguru, Wonkonguru
  • Ongkongura
  • Wongkaooroo,Wonkgongaru, Wonkongaru, Wonkaoora
  • Wongonooroo,[2] Wonkongnuru,[lower-alpha 1] Wonkagnurra, Wonkanooroo.
  • Unganoora
  • Känguru. (abbreviation)
  • Gongaru
  • Partama. (Gugadja exonym)
  • Wingkungira. (Iliaura exonym).[1]

Notes

  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, ..'[3][4]

Citations

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