Ngurunta
The Ngurunta or Runda are believed to have been an
Language
A fragmentary list of words ascribed to the Ngurunta people was included in the second volume of
People
The number of testimonies surviving concerning the Ngurunta are exiguous, leading to some suspicions that a tribe of this name may not have existed. Norman Tindale inserted them into a territory he had earlier divided up between the
Country
Ngurunta territory was harsh sandhill country that extended over an estimated 6,500 square miles (17,000 km2) of land from west of the Barrier and Coko Ranges to the eastern edges of Lake Frome, north of the Flinders Ranges. Its southern boundary was marked by Eurinilla Creek. In the north, its boundaries lay around Lake Boolka and Yandama Creek.[2] The Malyangapa were on their eastern boundary.[3]
History
As European colonization strengthened remnants of the Ngurunta are thought to have sought refuge among the Malyangapa.[4]
Some words
- tulta. (kangaroo)
- kalli. (tame dog)[5]
Alternative names
- Runta, Runda[4]
Notes
- ^ Both are available in Curr (1886, pp. 173, 180)
Citations
- ^ a b Hercus & Austin 2004, p. 210.
- ^ Tindale 1974, p. 196.
- ^ Reid 1886, p. 180.
- ^ a b Tindale 1974.
- ^ Anonymous 1886, p. 173.
Sources
- Anonymous (1886). "Country north-west of the Barrier Range". In Curr, Edward Micklethwaite (ed.). The Australian race: its origin, languages, customs, place of landing in Australia and the routes by which it spread itself over the continent (PDF). Vol. 2. Melbourne: John Ferrer, Government Printer. p. 173.
- ISBN 978-9-027-24761-2.
- Reid, James A. (1886). "Torrowotto". In Curr, Edward Micklethwaite (ed.). The Australian race: its origin, languages, customs, place of landing in Australia and the routes by which it spread itself over the continent (PDF). Vol. 2. Melbourne: John Ferrer, Government Printer. pp. 178–181.
- ISBN 978-0-708-10741-6.