Walgalu
The Walgalu were an indigenous Australian people of New South Wales.
Country
According to Norman Tindale, the Walgalu's traditional lands consisted of some 2,600 sq. miles of territory centering around the headwaters of the Murrumbidgee and Tumutrivers. Kiandra was located within their boundaries, whose southern extension ran down Tintaldra, and whose northeastern limits came close to Queanbeyan. [1] Josephine Flood argued, on the basis of a note in A. W. Howitt, that they were attested as far south as the upper Murray site of Kauwambal between Mount Kosciuszko and Mount Cobberas, which would place their summer camping somewhat west of the Djilamatang.[1]
According to Steven Avery, culture group boundaries in southeastern Australia are disputed, due in part to the inexactitude of linguistically assigned boundaries and the uncertainty of historical records.[2] In his 1974 book Aboriginal Tribes of Australia Norman Tindale, who described language groups as "tribes",[3] the dispute over the boundaries of the Walgalu people is typical of the problem.
The Cooma local government website, based on recent research, differentiates between two Aboriginal groups which resided in their region, stating that "the two main groups on Monaro were the Ngarigo people of the tablelands and the Wogul or Wolgalu group in the high country.'"[4]
According to some scholars, the language of the Walgalu is a form of Ngarigo.[5][6][2]
Shane Mortimer told the National Indigenous Times in 2012 that Walgalu is a language, and that Ngambri and Ngurmal speak Walgalu.[7]
Notes
Citations
- ^ a b Tindale 1974, p. 199.
- ^ a b Steven Avery (1994). "Aboriginal and European Encounter in the Canberra Region". Archived from the original on 4 October 2011.
- ^ "Tindale's Catalogue of Australian Aboriginal Tribes". South Australian Museum Archives. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
- ^ "Aboriginal People of Monaro". Archived from the original on 20 March 2012.
- ^ http://www.kunama.com/custlaw/BIB.HTM#Dixon1980 Dixon 1980: 241, Dixon, R.M.W (1980). The Languages of Australia. Cambridge University Press, New York.
- ^ http://www.kunama.com/custlaw/BIB.HTM#McBryde1986 McBryde 1986: 44, McBryde, I (1986). "Artefacts, language and interaction: a case study from south-eastern Australia." in Bailey, G & Callow, P (eds.), Stone Age Prehistory: studies in memory of Charles McBurney. Oxford University Press, New York: pp 77-93.
- ^ "Shane Mortimer, entrepreneur and traditional owner chats about: My Ngambri mob and looking after country". 9 August 2012.
References
- Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-47378-1.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Walgalu (NSW)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University.
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External links
- "AusAnthrop Australian Aboriginal tribal database". Archived from the original on 30 September 2013.
- "Aboriginals on the Monaro, transcribed from 'Back to Cooma' by Felix Mitchell, 1926, pp.34–35". Archived from the original on 23 March 2012.