Nyulnyul people
TheNyulnyul,also speltNyul Nyul,Njolnjol,Nyolnyoland other variants, are anAboriginal Australianpeople of theKimberleyregion ofWestern Australia.
Country
[edit]According toNorman Tindale,the Nyulnyul held sway over some 500 square miles (1,300 km2) of tribal land. They were located on the western side of theDampier Peninsula.Historically, the pressure of theNimanburuled to them ceding ground on theKing Sound,and by Tindale's time they were present from Cape Borda to Sandy Point, and at Carlyle Head and Goodenough Bay across the peninsula.[1]
Running clockwise, their northern neighbours were theBardi people,the Nimanburu lay on their southeastern flank, while theDjaberadjaberawere directly south on the adjacent coast.[2][3]
Language
[edit]The Nyulnyul people spoke theNyulnyul language.
Social organisation
[edit]The Nyulnyul had afour sectionmarriage and descent system.[4]
Alternative spelling
[edit]Notes
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^abcTindale 1974,p. 254.
- ^AIATSIS.
- ^TTB 2016.
- ^Kaberry 1937,p. 450.
- ^"Jillungin Dreamtime Tea".Loving Earth.14 July 2016.Retrieved21 August2021.
Sources
[edit]- "AIATSIS map of Indigenous Australia".AIATSIS.14 May 2024.
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- Coate, H. H. J.(December 1966). "Rai and the third eye. North-west Australian beliefs".Oceania.37(2): 93–123.doi:10.1002/j.1834-4461.1966.tb01790.x.JSTOR40329629.
- Elkin, A. P.(March 1933a). "Totemism in North-Western Australia: (The Kimberley Division)".Oceania.3(3): 257–296.doi:10.1002/j.1834-4461.1933.tb00074.x.JSTOR40327417.
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- Petri, Helmut(October 1939). "Mythische Heroen und Urzeitlegende im nördlichen Dampierland, Nordwest-Australien".Paideuma.1(5): 217–240.JSTOR40341058.
- "Tindale Tribal Boundaries"(PDF).Department of Aboriginal Affairs, Western Australia.September 2016.
- Tindale, Norman Barnett(1974)."Njulnjul (WA)".Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names.Australian National University Press.ISBN978-0-708-10741-6.Archived fromthe originalon 20 March 2020.
- Worms, Ernest A.(May–August 1952). "Djamar and His Relation to Other Culture Heroes".Anthropos.47(3/4): 539–560.JSTOR40449676.