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Manjiljarra
The Mandjildjara, also written ''Manyjilyjarra,'' are an indigenous Australian people of Western Australia. Country In Norman Tindale's estimation the Mandjildjara's lands extended over some , running along what was later known as the Canning Stock Route, from Well 30 (''Tjundu'tjundu'') to Well 38 (''Watjaparni.'') It extended southwards some 50 miles as far the Tjanbari hill, and watering places they variously called ''Kolajuru, Karukada, Keweilba, and Kunkunba.'' They roamed eastwards as far as an unidentified waterhole known as ''Ngila.'' History of contact According to Tindale, in 1964, the patrol officer, Walter MacDougall came across a group of 9 aboriginal women at a place called Imiri in the area known as Percival Lakes, who identified themselves as Mandjildjara. At the time the whole area had suffered from severe drought conditions for over a decade, leading large numbers of desert peoples, often identified generically as Pintubi, to trek or straggle eastwards to p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indigenous Australian
Indigenous Australians or Australian First Nations are people with familial heritage from, and membership in, the ethnic groups that lived in Australia before British colonisation. They consist of two distinct groups: the Aboriginal peoples of the Australian mainland and Tasmania, and the Torres Strait Islander peoples from the seas between Queensland and Papua New Guinea. The term Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples or the person's specific cultural group, is often preferred, though the terms First Nations of Australia, First Peoples of Australia and First Australians are also increasingly common; 812,728 people self-identified as being of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander origin in the 2021 Australian Census, representing 3.2% of the total population of Australia. Of these indigenous Australians, 91.4% identified as Aboriginal; 4.2% identified as Torres Strait Islander; while 4.4% identified with both groups. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
