The Ngalia, or Ngalea, are an
Aboriginal Australian people of the
Western Desert cultural bloc resident in land extending from
Western Australia to the west of
South Australia.
They are not to be confused with the
Ngalia of the
Northern Territory.
Country
The Ngalia's traditional lands are around the
salt lake areas, such as the
Serpentine Lakes in the
Great Victoria Desert, northwest of
Ooldea, South Australia
Ooldea is a tiny settlement in South Australia. It is on the eastern edge of the Nullarbor Plain, west of Port Augusta on the Trans-Australian Railway. Ooldea is from the bitumen Eyre Highway.
Being near a permanent waterhole, Ooldea Soak ...
, in what is now the
Mamungari Conservation Park
Mamungari Conservation Park (formerly known as Unnamed National Park, Unnamed Conservation Park and also known as the Unnamed Biosphere Reserve) is a protected area located in South Australia within the southern Great Victoria Desert and norther ...
.
Norman Tindale estimated their tribal lands as covering an extension of some .
Language
The Ngalia language, also known as Ooldean, is a dialect of the
Western Desert language.
Alternative names
* ''Nangga'' ('men' in the sense that they had undergone circumcision)
* ''Nanggaranggu''
* ''Nanggarangku'' (
Pitjantjatjara exonym bearing the meaning of 'hostile men')
* ''Ngalia, Ngalija''
* ''Ngaliawongga''
* ''Tangara''
* ''Willoorara'' ((people of the) 'west')
* ''Windakan'' (applied to their language, and also to the
Wirangu)
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Notable people
*
Kado Muir
Kado Muir is an Australian Aboriginal artist, anthropologist, archaeologist, and Indigenous rights activist in Western Australia.
Early life and family
Muir's father was dogger Peter Muir, who gave the important sacred and archaeological site ...
, artist, anthropologist and politician
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Aboriginal peoples of South Australia
Aboriginal peoples of Western Australia