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According to Robert M. W. Dixon, Ualarai is a Wiradhuric tongue, a dialect (Yuwaalaraay) of Gamilaraay. [5] The Yuwaalaraay distinguished various kinds of Gamilaraay, telling K. Langloh Parker : With us, Byamee the name is not derived from the verb to make-which is gimberleegoo ; maker, gimberlah --this word is also used in the Kamilaroi tribes ...
The traditional owners of the land around Lightning Ridge are the Yuwaalaraay people. [2] Yuwaalayaay (also known as Yuwalyai, Euahlayi, Yuwaaliyaay, Gamilaraay, Kamilaroi, Yuwaaliyaayi) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken on Yuwaalayaay country. It is closely related to the Gamilaraay and Yuwaalaraay languages.
Mungoon-Gali, also transcribed as Mungoongarlee, is a giant goanna from Yuwaalaraay Folklore who terrorised the local people with his venomous bite and voracious appetite. . Afraid the tribes would soon be wiped out by the constant attacks, Ouyouboolooey the black snake offered to steal the hidden poison bag from Mungoon-Gali for in those days, it was lizards instead of snakes that were venom
Gamilaraay language is classified as one of the Pama–Nyungan languages.The language is no longer spoken, as the last fluent speakers died in the 1950s. However, some parts have been reconstructed by late field work, which includes substantial recordings of the related language, Yuwaalaraay, which continued to be spoken down to the 1980s.
The Yuwaalaraay language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Shire of Balonne, including the town of Dirranbandi as well as the border town of Hebel extending to Walgett and Collarenebri in New South Wales. [2] Angledool was previously known as New Angledool when it was established in the 1870s.
Ghillar Michael Anderson (b. 1951), of Goodooga, NSW (Australia), is an Aboriginal elder, Senior Law Man, and leader of the Euahlayi people bordering northern New South Wales and southern Queensland. He has shared in-depth knowledge about Kamilaroi and Euahlayi astronomical knowledge and has published several academic papers on the topic.
The Shire of Balonne is a local government area in South West Queensland, Australia, over 500 kilometres (310 mi) from the state capital, Brisbane.It covers an area of 31,104 square kilometres (12,009.3 sq mi), and has existed as a local government entity since 1879.
Yuwaalaraay (also known as Yuwalyai, Euahlayi, Yuwaaliyaay, Gamilaraay, Kamilaroi, Yuwaaliyaayi) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken on Yuwaalaraay country. The Yuwaalaraay language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Shire of Balonne, including the town of Dirranbandi as well as the border town of Hebel extending to Walgett and Collarenebri in ...