Ngolokwangga
The Ngolokwangga are an
Aboriginal Australian people of the Northern Territory
.
Language
The Ngolokwangga spoke Mulluk-Mulluk, one of the Daly languages.
Country
The Ngolokwangga lay inland from the Pongaponga, and held sway over, according to Norman Tindale, an estimated 400 square miles (1,000 km2) of territory running along both sides of the Daly River.[1]
People
It has been conjectured that the Yunggor may have been a clan of the Ngolokwangga.[2] According to the 2006 Australian census, the Ngolokwangga numbered 37.[3]
Alternative names
- Ngulukwongga, Ngulugwongga
- Mulukmuluk, Mullukmulluk
- Malak Malak, Mallak-mallak, Malag-Malag, Mullik-mullik, Mollak-mollak, Malack-malack
- Djiramo. (a horde name)
- Valli-valli. (a native toponym for the lower Daly River).[1]
Notes
Citations
- ^ a b Tindale 1974, p. 234.
- ^ Tindale 1974, p. 228.
- ^ Ethnologue 2018.
Sources
- Basedow, Herbert (1907). "Anthropological notes on the Western Coastal tribes of the Northern Territory of South Australia". Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 31. Adelaide: 1–62.
- Dahl, Knut (1926). In Savage Australia: An Account of a Hunting and Collecting Expedition to Arnhem Land and Dampier Land (PDF). London: P. Allen & Sons. pp. 72–98.
- Eylmann, Erhard (1908). Die Eingeborenen der Kolonie Südaustralien (PDF). Berlin: D.Reimer.
- JSTOR 2842215.
- Mackillop, Donald (1893). "Anthropological notes on the aboriginal tribes of the Daly River, North Australia" (PDF). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 17. Adelaide: 254–264.
- "Mullukmulluk". Denver: SIL International. 2018.
- JSTOR 27976164.
- ISBN 978-0-708-10741-6.