The Paaruntyi are an
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 ...
people of the state of
New South Wales
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. They are not to be confused with the
Parrintyi
The Barindji, also written Parrintyi, are an indigenous Australian people of the state of New South Wales. They are to be distinguished from the Paaruntyi, who spoke a similar language but whom they called the ''spitting people''.
Name
Parrint ...
.
Country
According to Norman Tindale's calculations the Paaruntyi would have exercised control over some of tribal land, around the
Paroo River
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an
Cuttaburraan
Kulkyne Creekfro
north t
Brindangabba Berawinna Downs, as far as the border with Queensland at
Hungerford
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. Their land included
Wanaaring
Wanaaring is a remote outback village in north western New South Wales, Australia. Situated on the Paroo River, some 980 kilometres from Sydney, and 180 km west of Bourke. At the , Wanaaring had a population of 140.
Wanaaring is on the "Cu ...
an
Yantabulla
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
The Wanjiwalku were an indigenous Australian people of the state of New South Wales.
Language
Norman Tindale, who had worked intensely with his informant George Dutton on the Wanjiwalku language, argued that, though separate tribes, both the Wanj ...
were on their western frontier, together, in the northwest, with the
Karenggapa
The Karenggapa are an Aboriginal Australian people of New South Wales.
Country
Norman Tindale estimated the extent of their tribal lands at , reaching from Mount Bygrave in northwestern New South Wales to Woodbum Lake in Queensland. They too ...
.
Social organization and rites
The Paaruntyi had a two class system of marriage:
The Paaruntyi rites of initiation involved neither circumcision nor
subincision
Penile subincision is a form of genital modification or mutilation consisting of a urethrotomy, in which the underside of the penis is incised and the urethra slit open lengthwise, from the urethral opening (meatus) toward the base. The slit can ...
.
Alternative names
* ''Paruindji''
* ''Paruindi, Paruinji, Paroinge''
* ''Barundji, Barungi, Barinji, Bahroonjee, Baroongee, Bahroongee, Barrengee''
* ''Parooinge, Barunga''
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Aboriginal peoples of New South Wales