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==Country==
==Country==
In [[Norman Tindale]]'s estimation, the Arabana controlled some {{convert|19,500|mi2|km2}} of tribal land. They were present at the [[Neales River]] to the west of [[Lake Eyre]], and west as far as the [[Stuart Range, South Australia|Stuart Range]]; [[Macumba Station|Macumba Creek]]. Southwards their lands extended to [[Coward Springs]]. Their terrain also took in [[Oodnadatta]], Lora Creek<ref>https://geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=-2245194&fid=393&c=australia</ref> and [[Lake Cadibarrawirracanna]].{{sfn|Tindale|1974|p=210}}
In [[Norman Tindale]]'s estimation, the Arabana controlled some {{convert|19,500|mi2|km2}} of tribal land. They were present at the [[Neales River]] to the west of [[Lake Eyre]], and west as far as the [[Stuart Range, South Australia|Stuart Range]]; [[Macumba Station|Macumba Creek]]. Southwards their lands extended to [[Coward Springs]]. Their terrain also took in [[Oodnadatta]], Lora Creek<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=-2245194&fid=393&c=australia|title=Lora Creek, Australia - Geographical Names, map, geographic coordinates|website=geographic.org|accessdate=18 July 2019}}</ref> and [[Lake Cadibarrawirracanna]].{{sfn|Tindale|1974|p=210}}


The neighbouring tribes were the [[Kokata]] to the west, with the frontier between the two marked by the scarp of the western tableland near [[Coober Pedy]]. To their east were the [[Wangganguru dialect|Wangkanguru]].{{sfn|Tindale|1974|p=210}}
The neighbouring tribes were the [[Kokata]] to the west, with the frontier between the two marked by the scarp of the western tableland near [[Coober Pedy]]. To their east were the [[Wangganguru dialect|Wangkanguru]].{{sfn|Tindale|1974|p=210}}

Revision as of 06:28, 18 July 2019

Performance of tritichinna ceremony of snake totem, Urabunna Tribe, Lake Eyre (plub. in The commonwealth of Australia; federal handbook, prepared in connection with the eighty-fourth meeting of the British association for the advancement of science, held in Australia, August, 1914[1] by George Handley Knibbs

The Arabana, also known as the Ngarabana, are an indigenous Australian people of South Australia.

Name

The older tribal autonym was Ngarabana, which may have been misheard by white settlers as Arabana, the term now generally accepted by new generations of the Ngarabana.[2]

Language

Arabana, like Wangganguru with which it shares a 90% overlap in vocabulary, is a member of the Karnic subgroup of the Pama-Nyungan language.[3]

Country

In Norman Tindale's estimation, the Arabana controlled some 19,500 square miles (51,000 km2) of tribal land. They were present at the Neales River to the west of Lake Eyre, and west as far as the Stuart Range; Macumba Creek. Southwards their lands extended to Coward Springs. Their terrain also took in Oodnadatta, Lora Creek[4] and Lake Cadibarrawirracanna.[2]

The neighbouring tribes were the Kokata to the west, with the frontier between the two marked by the scarp of the western tableland near Coober Pedy. To their east were the Wangkanguru.[2]

Social organisation

The Arabana were divided into hordes, whose respective territories were called wadlu.

  • Jendakarangu (Coward Springs)
  • Peake tribe
  • Anna Creek tribe[2]

Alternative names

  • Ngarabana
  • Arabuna, Arrabunna, Arrabonna, Arubbinna
  • Arapina. (Iliaura pronunciation)
  • Arapani
  • Urapuna, Urabuna, Urabunna, Urroban
  • Rabuna (an occasional Aranda pronunciation)
  • Wangarabana. ([a term reflecting a word woqka /wagka meaning 'speech')
  • Wongkurapuna, Wangarabunna
  • Nulla
  • Yendakarangu[2]

Notes

Citations

  1. ^ "The commonwealth of Australia; federal handbook, prepared in connection with the eighty-fourth meeting of the British association for the advancement of science, held in Australia, August, 1914". Melbourne : A. J. Mullet, government printer. 18 July 1914. Retrieved 18 July 2019 – via Internet Archive.
  2. ^ a b c d e Tindale 1974, p. 210.
  3. ^ Shaw 1995, p. 23.
  4. ^ "Lora Creek, Australia - Geographical Names, map, geographic coordinates". geographic.org. Retrieved 18 July 2019.

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