The Malyangaapa are an
Indigenous Australian
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people who live in the far north western areas of the state of
New South Wales
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.
Language
The Malyangapa spoke a dialect of the
Yarli language.
Country
Malyangaapa country extends over some with its centre at
Milparinka
Milparinka is a small settlement in north-west New South Wales, Australia, about north of Broken Hill on the Silver City Highway. At the time of the 2021 Australian census, 2021 census, Milparinka had a population of 67 people. Milparinka is on ...
around the head of Yancannie Creek. To the east their boundaries ran to beyond Mount Arrowsmith. The southern boundaries lay around
Mutawintji and
Sturt Meadow.
Culture
The Malyangapa practised circumcision as a rite for males undergoing initiation. In their
dreaming lore the primordial creator-figure,
rainbow serpent
The Rainbow Serpent or Rainbow Snake is a common deity often seen as the Creator deity, creator God, known by numerous names in different Australian Aboriginal languages by the many List of Australian Aboriginal group names, different Aborigina ...
was called ''kakurra'' (corresponding to the ''Ngatyi'' of the
Paakantyi
The Paakantyi, or Barkindji or Barkandji, are an Australian Aboriginal tribal group of the Darling River (known to them as the Baaka) basin in Far West New South Wales, Australia.
Name
The ethnonym Paakantyi means "River people", formed from ...
and the ''akurra'' of their western neighbours, the
Adnyamathanha
The Adnyamathanha (Pronounced: ) are a contemporarily formed grouping of several distinct Aboriginal Australian peoples of the northern Flinders Ranges, South Australia. The ethnonym Adnyamathanha was an alternative name for the Wailpi but th ...
. 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
Hill people, also referred to as mountain people, is a general term for people who live in the hills and mountains.
This includes all rugged land above and all land (including plateaus) above elevation.
The climate is generally harsh, with s ...
')
Some words
* ''talda'' (kangaroo)
* ''koonoo'' (tame dog)
* ''urlka'' (wild dog)
* ''koomarde'' (father)
* ''armunde'' (mother)
* ''tootoo'' (white man)
* ''bula'' (hill)
* ''kari'' (yes)
* ''wii'' (fire/firewood)
* ''kalithi'' (emu)
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Aboriginal peoples of New South Wales