The Wurango or Wurrugu 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
Northern Territory
The Northern Territory (commonly abbreviated as NT; formally the Northern Territory of Australia) is an Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia. The Northern Territory shares its borders with Western Aust ...
.
Country
The Wurango's tribal lands encompassed about around the western end of the
Cobourg Peninsula
The Cobourg Peninsula is located east of Darwin in the Northern Territory, Australia. It is deeply indented with coves and bays, covers a land area of about , and is virtually uninhabited with a population ranging from about 20 to 30 in five ...
including
Port Essington.
People
Crawford Pasco described the Wurango as he found them in 1838 as numerous, and of very good health since many reached the venerable age of 70.
Social organisation
Norman Tindale
Norman Barnett Tindale AO (12 October 1900 – 19 November 1993) was an Australian anthropologist, archaeologist, entomologist and ethnologist.
Life
Tindale was born in Perth, Western Australia in 1900. His family moved to Tokyo and lived ther ...
speculated that mentions of the ''Tji'' and ''Jalo'' in this area clearly referring to the Wurango probably denoted
hordes. If so, then he classified their respective localities as follows:
* ''Tji,'' a Wurango horde located at the western end of the Peninsula.
* ''Ja:lo''a Wurango horde in Port Essington.
The following clan marriage sections are said to have existed:
* ''Manderojelli''
* ''Manburlgeat''
* ''Mandrowilli''
Alternative names
* ''Auwulwarwak''
* ''Ja:lo.'' (''ja:lo'' = 'no')
* (?) ''Limba-Karadjee.'' (See
Iwaidja)
* ''Wa:reidbug, Woreidbug''
* ''Warooko''
* ''Wurrunga, Wurrango''
* ''Wuru:ku, U:ru:ku''
* ''Yarlo''
Source:
Some words
* ''naween'' (father)
* ''noyoke'' (mother)
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Aboriginal peoples of the Northern Territory