The Arnga are an
Aboriginal Australian
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Humans first migrated to Australia 50,000 to 65,000 year ...
people of the northern
Kimberley region of
Western Australia
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.
Name
The Arnga, like the
Yeidji/Gwini and
Miwa lack a self-defining tribal
ethnonym
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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
King
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and
Pentecost
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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''
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Aboriginal peoples of Western Australia
Kimberley (Western Australia)