The Yanga people, also spelt Jangaa, Janggal, Janga, and Yangaa, were an
Aboriginal Australian
Aboriginal Australians are the various Indigenous peoples of the Australian mainland and many of its islands, such as Tasmania, Fraser Island, Hinchinbrook Island, the Tiwi Islands, and Groote Eylandt, but excluding the Torres Strait Islands ...
people of the state of
Queensland
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. They may be the same as the
Yukulta / Ganggalida / Nyangga group.
They are not to be confused with the
Yangga
The Yangga, also spelt Jangga, were an Aboriginal Australian people of the state of Queensland. They are not to be confused with the Yanga people.
Language
Norman Tindale referred to the language as Jangga.
Country
According to Norman Tindale' ...
.
Country
According to
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 ...
, the Yanga occupied about of territory. Their western limits were at Glenora. Starting from the headwaters of the
Gilbert River, these lands extended south of
Forsayth as far as
Gilberton and the
Gregory Range
The Gregory Range is a mountain range located in Far North Queensland, Australia.
Location and features
Part of the Great Dividing Range, the Gregory Range lies southeast of and southwest of .
The range is located in an area of ephemeral water ...
. Their eastern boundary lay near Oak Park, Percyville,
and the headwaters of the Copperfield River.
Language
The Yanga people spoke the
Yanga language
Mbara (also known as Midjamba, Mitjamba, Ambara, Balgalu, or Bargal), and Yanga (also known as Jangaa, Janggal, Janga, Yangaa, Purkaburra) are mutually intelligible but separate Aboriginal language of Queensland, both now extinct. Glottolog ...
, which is mutually intelligible with Mbara. Yanga may be the same as the same language as
Ganggalida/Yukulta.
Social organisation
According to Tindale, the Yanga were divided into
kin groups, of which one at least is known:
* ''Purkaburra'', resident at Percyville.
Alternative names
* ''Purkaburra''
Notes
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Aboriginal peoples of Queensland