Inawongga

Summary

The Inawongga were an Aboriginal Australian people of the Pilbara region of Western Australia.

Country edit

The Inawongga, in Norman Tindale's estimation, had about 3,600 square miles (9,300 km2) of tribal territory, living in the area around the Hardey River and as far south as Rocklea. Their southeastern extension ran along the upper Ashburton River from Turee Creek to the Angelo River, and north of Mount Vernon Station.[1]

Running clockwise from due north, their neighbours were the Kurrama to their northwest, the Panyjima north-northeast, the Mandara due east, the Ngarlawongga to their southeast, the Ninanu directly south and the Tjururo on their western flank.[2]

Alternative spelling edit

Notes edit

Citations edit

  1. ^ a b Tindale 1974, p. 241.
  2. ^ TTB 2016.

Sources edit

  • "AIATSIS map of Indigenous Australia". AIATSIS.
  • "Tindale Tribal Boundaries" (PDF). Department of Aboriginal Affairs, Western Australia. September 2016.
  • Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Inawongga (WA)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University Press. ISBN 978-0-708-10741-6. Archived from the original on 10 August 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2017.