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The Arnga are an
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people of the northern Kimberley region of
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Name

The Arnga, like the Yeidji/Gwini and Miwa lack a self-defining tribal
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, and for that reason have generally been called the Forrest River people. The name 'Arnga' means 'unintelligible person'.


Country

Arnga country in Norman Tindale's estimation covered some of the land south of the Forrest River. It included areas along the
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and
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rivers, running west of the Wyndham Gulf to the Durack River, Their inland extension was not deep, going only as far as the river gorges.


Alternative names

* ''Arawari'' * ''Arawodi'' * ''Guluwarin'' * ''Kolaia'' * ''Kuluwara, Kuluwaran'' * ''Molyamidi'' * ''Woljamidi, Woljamiri'' * ''?Yamandil'' Source:


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* * * * * * * {{authority control Aboriginal peoples of Western Australia Kimberley (Western Australia)