Paaruntyi
The Paaruntyi are an indigenous Australian people of the state of New South Wales. They are not to be confused with the Parrintyi.
Country
According to Norman Tindale's calculations the Paaruntyi would have exercised control over some 8,000 square miles (21,000 km2) of tribal land, around the Paroo River and Cuttaburra and Kulkyne Creek from Goorimpa north to Brindangabba, Berawinna Downs, as far as the border with Queensland at Hungerford. Their land inclouded Wanaaring and Yantabulla.[1]
Running clockwise from the north, their neighbours were the Kalali and Badyuri, on their eastern flank were the Kurnu, the Naualko lay to their south, while the Wanjiwalku were on their western frontier, together, in the northwest, with the Karenggapa.
Social organization and rites
The Paaruntyi had a two class system of marriage:[2]
| Primary Divisions | Totems |
|---|---|
| Mukwara | eaglehawk (biliari); kanbgaroo (turlta); bilbly (kurte); turkey (tickara); whistling duck (kultuppa); bandicoot (burkunia) |
| Kilpara | emu (kulthi); snake (turru); lizard (kami); wallaby(murinya); goanna (bu-una); native companion (kuntara) |
The Paaruntyi rites of initiation involved neither circumcision nor subincision.[1]
Alternative names
- Paruindji
- Paruindi, Paruinji, Paroinge
- Barundji, Barungi, Barinji, Bahroonjee, Baroongee, Bahroongee, Barrengee
- Parooinge, Barunga[1]
Sources
- Bonney, Frederic (1884). "On Some Customs of the Aborigines of the River Darling, New South Wales". Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. 13: 122–137. JSTOR 2841717.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Cameron, A. L. P. (1885). "Notes on Some Tribes of New South Wales". Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. 14: 344–370. JSTOR 2841627.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Howitt, Alfred William (1904). The native tribes of south-east Australia (PDF). Macmillan.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Mathews, R. H. (1898a). "Group divisions and initiation ceremonies of the Barkungee tribes". Journal of the Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales. 32: 241–255.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Mathews, R. H. (January 1898b). "Initiation Ceremonies of Australian Tribes". Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. 37 (157): 54–73. JSTOR 983694.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Mathews, R. H. (December 1898c). "Divisions of Queensland Aborigines". Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. 37 (158): 327–336. JSTOR 983859.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Scrivener, G. (1886). "Lower Portions of the Paroo and Warrego Rivers" (PDF). 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. Volume 2. Melbourne: J. Ferres. pp. 182–186.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Parundji (NSW)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University Press. ISBN 978-0-708-10741-6.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)