The Yarluyandi, also known as Jeljendi, are an
Aboriginal Australian
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people of north-eastern
South Australia
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.
Country
In
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 ...
's calculations, the Yarluyandi had some of land within their tribal domain, taking in the
Mulligan River
The Mulligan River is a tributary of Eyre Creek in the Channel Country region of southwest Queensland. It is in the Lake Eyre Basin. The river rises in Glenormiston Station and flows generally south through Marion Downs Station into Eyre Cre ...
south of Annandale to
Alton Downs. Their western confines were in the vicinity of Atna Hill, while their eastern extension went as far as
Birdsville
Birdsville is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Diamantina, Queensland, Australia. In the the locality of Birdsville had a population of 110 people. It is a popular tourist destination with many people using it as a starting point acro ...
and the
Diamantina River
The Diamantina River is a major river located in Central West Queensland and the far north of South Australia.
The river was named by William Landsborough in 1866 for Lady Diamantina Bowen (née Roma), wife of Sir George Bowen, the first Govern ...
.
Native title
The Yarluyandi now form an aggregate with the
Wangkangurru
The Wangkangurru, also written Wongkanguru and Wangkanguru, are an Aboriginal Australian people of the Simpson Desert area in the state of South Australia. They also refer to themselves as Nharla.
Country
Norman Tindale estimated their tribal sw ...
people, and are represented by the Wangkangurru Yarluyandi Aboriginal Corporation. Their
native title
Aboriginal title is a common law doctrine that the land rights of indigenous peoples to customary tenure persist after the assumption of sovereignty under settler colonialism. The requirements of proof for the recognition of aboriginal title, ...
over a large area of the
Simpson Desert
The Simpson Desert is a large area of dry, red sandy plain and dunes in the Northern Territory, South Australia and Queensland in central Australia. It is the fourth-largest Deserts of Australia, Australian desert, with an area of .
The desert ...
was recognised in 2014.
Language
The
Yarluyandi language was closely related to the
Ngamini language
Ngamini is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language of the Pama–Nyungan family once spoken by the Ngamini and related peoples.
References
Karnic languages
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Alternative names
* ''Jeljujendi''
* ''Yelyuyendi''
* ''Yarleeyandee''.
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Aboriginal peoples of South Australia