Ngardi
The Ngardi, also spelled Ngarti, are an
Name and grouping
Arthur Capell took the term Ngardi to refer, not to a distinct tribe, but to a branch of the Warlpiri, a point contested by Norman Tindale, who maintained they were distinct.[1]
The
Country
In Norman Tindale's calculations, the Ngarti's tribal territory stretched over approximately 25,000 square miles (65,000 km2), covering the sandhill country west of the Tanami track, extending from Chilla Well, the Granites, and Gardiner Range over the border into Western Australia at Ima Ima. They were present at Sturt Creek, and the Pallottine Mission area at Balgo Hill. Their southern extension, he adds, went as far as across the mulga scrubland to Milidjipi and Tekkari north of Lake Mackay.[4]
Joint land claim
On 21 August 1980 a land claim was submitted by 90 claimants on behalf of the
Mineral rights agreement
in April 2006, the Aztec Resources (now
Language
The Ngarti people spoke the Ngardi language.[9]
Alternative names
- Bunara, Boonara
- Kolo. (Pintubi exonym)
- Kukuruba (Ngalia exonym)
- Manggai (toponym)
- Munga (?) (cited by R. H. Mathews)
- Ngadi
- Ngari
- Panara. (general term for grass seed winnowing tribes like the Ngarti)
- Puruwantung, Buruwatung
- Waiangara
- Waiangari (Ngalia exonym)
- Waingara, Waiangadi
- Walmala (pejorative)
- Waringari, Warangari. (Warlpiri pejorative for the Ngarti)
- Wommana
- Woneiga, Wanayaga
Source: Tindale 1974, p. 234
See also
- Ngururrpa, a grouping of peoples of language groups including Ngardi
Notes
Citations
- ^ Tindale 1974, p. 234.
- ^ "Wunambal Gaambera People". Wunambal Gaambera Country. Includes map.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ "Aztec Resources Ltd Announcements - Aztec Resources Ltd: Koolan Island Agreement". Investegate. 24 April 2006. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
- ^ Tindale 1974, pp. 233–234.
- ^ "Warlpiri, Kukatja and Ngarti Land Claim". Central Land Council, Australia. March 1987. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
[From] Land Rights News Vol 2, No 2, March 1987
- ISBN 978-0-644-04273-4
- ^ "Mount Gibson to swallow Aztec Resources". The Sydney Morning Herald. 28 November 2006. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
- ^ "Aztec Resources Ltd Announcements - Aztec Resources Ltd: Koolan Island Agreement". Investegate. 24 April 2006. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
- ^ A121 Ngardi at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
Sources
- JSTOR 40327866.
- ISBN 978-0-708-10741-6.