Kaniyang
TheKaneangare an indigenousNoongarpeople of the south west region ofWestern Australia.
Country
[edit]The Kaneang traditional lands enclosed some 4,800 square miles (12,000 km2) of territory. On theUpper Blackwood River.The eastern boundary was formed by the line that runs fromKatanning,Tambellup,Cranbrook,andTenterden.Kaneang lands took inKojonup,Qualeup,Donnybrook,GreenbushesandBridgetown.They camped around the headwaters of both theWarrenandFranklandrivers and along the southern bank of theCollie Riveras far asCollie.[1]
Alternative names
[edit]- Kunjung/Kunyung (Korengexonym)
- Kadbaranggara (Wiilmanexonym fromka:la,"fire" )
- Jabururu (Menangword meaning "northerners" )
- Yobberore
- Uduc-Harvey tribe
- Kaleap (toponym)
- Qualeup, Qualup, Quailup
- Waal[1]
Some words
[edit]- mammon(farther)
- nongan(mother)
- yungar(kangaroo)
- weja(emu)
- dwoda(tame dog)
- yakkine(wild dog)
- iunja(white man)
- gootang-boola'(children)
- quabba(good)
- wakine(bad)[2]
Notes
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^abTindale 1974,p. 244.
- ^Small 1886,pp. 358–359.
Sources
[edit]- "AIATSIS map of Indigenous Australia".AIATSIS.
- "Tindale Tribal Boundaries"(PDF).Department of Aboriginal Affairs, Western Australia.September 2016.
- Clark, William Nairne(16 February 1842)."An inquiry respecting the aborigines of south-western Australia".Perth. Australia:Inquirer.pp. 4–5 – viaTrove.
- Clark, William Nairne(23 February 1842)."An inquiry respecting the aborigines of south-western Australia 2".Perth. Australia:Inquirer.pp. 4–5 – viaTrove.
- Clark, William Nairne(2 March 1842)."An inquiry respecting the aborigines of south-western Australia 3".Perth, Australia:Inquirer.p. 4 – viaTrove.
- Nind, Scott(1831). "Description of the Natives of King George's Sound (Swan River Colony) and Adjoining Country".Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London.1:21–51.doi:10.2307/1797657.JSTOR1797657.
- Small, M. B. (1886)."Uduc, Harvey"(PDF).InCurr, Edward Micklethwaite(ed.).The Australian race: its origin, languages, customs, place of landing in Australia and the routes by which it spread itself over the continent.Vol. 1. Melbourne: J. Ferres.
- Tindale, Norman Barnett(1974)."Kaneang (WA)".Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names.Australian National University.Archived fromthe originalon 20 March 2020.