The Wariangga, also written Warriyangka, are an
Aboriginal Australian people of the
Gascoyne
The Gascoyne region is one of the nine administrative regions of Western Australia. It is located in the northwest of Western Australia, and consists of the local government areas of Carnarvon, Exmouth, Shark Bay and Upper Gascoyne. The Ga ...
region in
Western Australia.
Language
The Warriyangka spoke one of four dialects of
Mantharta, the other members of the dialect continuum being the
Thiin,
Djiwarli and
Tharrkari.
Country
According to
Norman Tindale's estimation the Wariangga's tribal lands stretched over approximately in the
Gascoyne region, covering areas of the
Upper Lyons River, and including also
Gifford and Minnie creeks, Edmund and the area east of
Maroonah. Tindale states also that they held to a strict maintenance of boundaries. Their neighbours were the
Tenma to the north, the
Dyiwali
The Djiwarli, also written Jiwarli, are an Aboriginal Australian people of the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
Language
The Jiwarli speak one of four dialects of Mantharta, the other members of the dialect continuum being the Thiin, War ...
to their northeast, the
Ninanu
The Ninanu were an Aboriginal Australian people of the Gascoyne region of Western Australia.
Country
According to Norman Tindale, the Ninanu's tribal lands covered roughly on both the Lyons and North Lyons rivers, extending west as far as the ...
directly east, the
Watjarri southeast, the
Malgaru
The Malgaru were an Aboriginal Australian people of Western Australia. They might have been a subgroup of the Wariangga.
Country
The Malgaru ranged over, in Norman Tindale's estimation, some of territory to the east of the Kennedy Range National ...
at their southern limits, and the
Tharrkari due west.
Social organization
The Wariangga did not practice circumcision. Their marriage system was described by
Daisy Bates.
Alternative names
* ''Wariengga, Warianga, Warienga, Warrijangga''
* ''Wariwongga, Wari-wonga, Warriwonga''
* ''Woorienga, Woorenga''
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