Malyangapa facts for kids
The Malyangaapa are an Indigenous Australian Tribe of people who live in the far western areas of the state of New South Wales.
Language
The Malyangapa spoke a dialect of the Yarli language.
Country
Malyangaapa country extends over some 5,900 square miles (15,000 km2) with its centre at Milparinka around the head of Yancannie Creek. To the east their tribal boundaries ran to beyond Mount Arrowsmith. The southern boundaries lay around Mutawintji and Sturt Meadow.
Culture
In Malyangapa dreaming lore the primordial creator-figure, rainbow serpent was called kakurra (corresponding to the Ngatyi of the Paakantyi and the akurra of their western neighbours, the Adnyamathanha. They shared close cultural and marriage links with the neighbouring Wanjiwalku.
History of contact
Reid states that settlement of Malyangapa lands began in 1862/1863, at which time they were thought to number 200. Within the decade this figure dropped by a quarter (150), and after 15 years of contact (1879), Reid estimated only roughly 60 had survived, half of whom were under fourteen. Among these was a remnant of the Ngurunta
Alternative names
- Maljangaba
- Malya-napa, Mulya-napa, Mulya-nappa
- Milya-uppa
- Mullia-arpa, Muliaarpa
- Malynapa, Malja:pa, Malyapa
- Maljangaba
- Nalyanapa. (perhaps a misprint)
- Malgangara
- Karikari. (kari means yes)
- Bulalli, Bulali (meaning 'hill people')
Some words
- talda. (kangaroo)
- koonoo. (tame dog)
- urlka. (wild dog)
- koomarde. (father)
- armunde.(mother)
- tootoo. (whiteman)
- bula (hill)
- kari (yes).
- wii (fire/firewood)
- kalithi (emu)
