Ngarlawangga People

Category: People
Sub Category:Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander | Native Title Holders (Native Title Act)
Place:

Central Desert, Pilbara

State/Country:Western Australia, Australia
Subject Matter:Cultural Heritage | Customary Law | Environmental Heritage | Native Title
Summary Information:

AIATSIS Thesaurus language code (A79).

The Ngarlawannga People are those persons descended from, in accordance with the traditional laws acknowledged and the traditional customs observed by the Ngarlawangga People:

  • Kanpanta;
  • Jiwilingpa;
  • Partatalpu (Maggie);
  • Kuntiri (Topsy Coony);
  • Mulunu (Piper);
  • Laripangu;
  • Jimmy Tumbler;
  • Mirrurru (Kitty);
  • Kujamurra (Standard);
  • Kurnipa/ Annie; or
  • are adopted by such biological descendants in accordance with the traditional laws acknowledged and the traditional customs observed by the Ngarlawangga People

(Limmerick on behalf of the Ngarlawangga People v State of Western Australia [2016] FCA 1442).


Related Entries

  • Limmerick on behalf of the Ngarlawangga People v State of Western Australia [2016] FCA 1442
  • Ngarlawangga and Prairie Downs Indigenous Land Use Agreement (ILUA)
  • Ngarlawangga and Turee Creek Indigenous Land Use Agreement (ILUA)
  • Organisation
  • Ngarlawangga Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC

  • References

    Resource
    Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) (2020) Language and Peoples Thesaurus 2020