Wilingura
The Wilingura otherwise known as the Wilangarra,[1] were an indigenous Australian people of the Northern Territory.
Country
The Wilingura inhabited the land between the Cox River[2] and Nutwood Downs.[3] Norman Tindale estimated their territory as covering some 7,500 square miles (19,000 km2), taking in the Strangways River and the upper Hodgson River, and running west to the vicinity of Birdum (Pine Creek).[4]
Alternative names
- Willongera
- Leewillungarra
- Willangan
- Wilungwara
- Wilinggura[4]
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. Adelaide. 31: 1–62.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Dickson, Greg (2015). Marra and Kriol: the loss and maintenance of knowledge across a language shift boundary (PhD thesis). Australian National University.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- "Map of Cox River, NT". Digital Atlas Pty Limited. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
- "Map of Nutwood Downs, NT". Digital Atlas Pty Limited. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
- Spencer, Sir Baldwin; Gillen, Francis J. (1904). Northern Tribes of Central Australia (PDF). Macmillan Publishers.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Spencer, Baldwin (1914). Native tribes of the Northern Territory of Australia (PDF). London: Macmillan Publishers.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Stretton, W. G. (1893). "Customs, rites and superstitions of the aboriginal tribes of the Gulf of Carpentaria" (PDF). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 17: 227–253.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Wilingura(NT)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-708-10741-6.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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