Arnga Explained

The Arnga are an Aboriginal Australian people of the northern Kimberley region of Western Australia.

Name

The Arnga, like the Yeidji/Gwini and Miwa lack a self-defining tribal ethnonym, and for that reason have generally been called the Forrest River people.The name 'Arnga' means 'unintelligible person'.

Country

Arnga country in Norman Tindale's estimation covered some 2700mi2 of the land south of the Forrest River. It included areas along the King and Pentecost rivers, running west of the Wyndham Gulf to the Durack River, Their inland extension was not deep, going only as far as the river gorges.

Alternative names

• Arawari
• Arawodi
• Guluwarin
• Kolaia
• Kuluwara, Kuluwaran
• Molyamidi
• Woljamidi, Woljamiri
• ?Yamandil

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Citations

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• The Classification of Languages in North and North-West Australia (Continued) . Capell . Arthur . Arthur Capell . . June 1940 . 10 . 4 . 404–433 . 10.1002/j.1834-4461.1940.tb00304.x . 40327866 .
• Totemism in North-Western Australia . Elkin . A. P. . A. P. Elkin . . June 1933 . 3 . 4 . 435–481 . 10.1002/j.1834-4461.1933.tb01679.x . 40327434 .
• The Forrest River and Lyne River Tribes of North-West Australia: A Report on Field Work . Kaberry . Phyllis M. . Phyllis Kaberry . . June 1935 . 5 . 4 . 408–436 . 10.1002/j.1834-4461.1935.tb00163.x . 40327811 .
• Book: McGregor, William B. . The Languages of the Kimberley, Western Australia . 2013 . . 978-1-134-39602-3 .
• Web site: Tindale Tribal Boundaries . . September 2016 . . 1 December 2017 . 8 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160308145114/https://www.daa.wa.gov.au/globalassets/pdf-files/maps/state/tindale_daa.pdf . dead .
• Book: Tindale , Norman Barnett . Arnga (WA) . 1974 . Norman Tindale . Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names . . http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/arnga.htm . 978-0-708-10741-6 . 15 November 2017 . 14 March 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180314023309/http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/arnga.htm . dead .