The Karangura (Karanguru, Garanguru) were an indigenous Australian people of South Australia .
Country
In Tindale 's schema, the Karanguru were allocated some 3,200 square miles (8,300 km2 ) of tribal territory, lying south of Alton Downs on the ephemeral watercourse known as Eyre Creek . Their eastern frontier is said to have been at Pandi Pandi . Their southern flank ran as far as the northern edge of Goyder Lagoon . They were also present at the Eleanor River.
Social organization
The Karanguru were constituted of some 14 hordes .
Alternative names
Karangura
Kararngura
Kurangooroo
Andrawilla .[a]
Notes
^ This was the indigenous name for the site where an early police camp, now known as Andrewilla, was established.
Citations
Sources
Eylmann, Erhard (1908). Die Eingeborenen der Kolonie Südaustralien (PDF) . Berlin: D.Reimer.
Howitt, Alfred William (1904). The native tribes of south-east Australia (PDF) . Macmillan .
Howitt, Alfred William ; Siebert, Otto (January–June 1904). "Legends of the Dieri and Kindred Tribes of Central Australia". The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland . 34 : 100–129. doi :10.2307/2843089 . JSTOR 2843089 .
Paull, W.J. (1886). "Warburton River". In Curr, Edward Micklethwaite (ed.). The Australian race: its origin, languages, customs, place of landing in Australia and the routes by which it spread itself over the continent (PDF) . Vol. 2. Melbourne: J. Ferres. pp. 18–21.
Strehlow, C. (1910). Leonhardi, Moritz von (ed.). Die Aranda- und Loritja-Stämme in Zentral-Australien Part 3 (PDF) . Joseph Baer & Co.
Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Karanguru (SA)" . Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names . Australian National University Press . ISBN 978-0-708-10741-6 .
Wells, F. H. (1894). "Habits, customs and ceremonies of the aboriginals on the Diamentina, Herbert and Eleanor Rivers, in east central Australia" . 5 . Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science : 515–522.
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