Warriyangga
indigenous people of the Gascoyne region of Western Australia
The Wariangga, also written Warriyangka, are an Aboriginal Australian people of the Gascoyne region in Western Australia.
Language
The Warriyangka spoke one of four dialects of Mantharta, the other members of the dialect continuum being the Thiin, Djiwarli and Tharrkari.
Country
According to Norman Tindale's estimation the Wariangga's tribal lands stretched over approximately 1,700 square miles (4,400 km2) in the Gascoyne region, covering areas of the upper Lyons River, and including also Gifford and Minnie Creeks, Edmund and the area east of Maroonah. Tindale states also that they held to a strict maintenance of boundaries. Their neighbours were the Tenma to the north, the Dyiwali to their northeast, the Ninanu directly east, the Watjarri southeast, the Malgaru at their southern limits, and the Tharrkari due west.
Social organization
The Wariangga did not practice circumcision. Their marriage system was described by Daisy Bates.
Alternative names
Wariengga, Warianga, Warienga, Warrijangga
Wariwongga, Wari-wonga, Warriwonga
Woorienga, Woorenga
Source Tindale 1974, p.
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