Glossary

English Words and Terms

• Centre for Australian Language and Linguistics (CALL): Part of Batchelor Institute of Indigenous tertiary Studies (Previously Batchelor College)
• Central Land Council (CLC): Aboriginal organization whose mission is to aid in land claims cases and the management of Aboriginal land trusts.
• Corroboree: Large ceremonial gatherings.
• Half-caste: Term used to describe bi-racial children especially during the late 1800s through the 1950s.
• Hold-up country: An expression Aboriginal people use to explain the rituals and other work they must do to maintain their proper relations with country.
• Humpie: Bush shelter
• Poor buggar: Poor thing, dear one
• Stolen Generation: Term that refers to the children taken away from their Aboriginal families under Australian assimilation policies.
• Traditional Owners: Australian legal term that denotes Aboriginal groups who have been recognized as the formal owners of specific territories.

Warumungu Words:

• Jaaju: Grandmother
• Jalajirrpa: White cockatoo
• Kakurru: East
• Kanttaji: Bush coconut
• Kapurlu: Older sister
• Kayi: Possessor ending added to the end of some words
• Kunapa: Dog
• Kuyu: Meat
• Manaji: Bush potato
• Mangirriji: Plains goanna
• Manu: Country
• Mungamunga: Female ancestral beings
• Ngajarrma: Bush yam
• Nulla Nulla: Fighting stick
• Papulanji: Non-Aboriginal people.
• Pawumpawu: Poor thing, dear one
• Pirttangu: Flying fox
• Pujjali: Men's ceremonies including songs and dances
• Wirnkarra: Dreaming--Aboriginal law.
• Wumpurrarni: Aboriginal person, specifically Warumungu people
• Wukulman: Old lady
• Yawulyu: Women's ceremonies including songs and dances

Place Names

• Alekerenge: Site of the Warrabri Reserve
• Brunchilly Station: Cattle Station north of Tennant Creek
• Bungalow (the): Part of the Alice Springs Telegraph Station used as a ration depot for Aboriginal people and as a residence for Aboriginal people
• Freweena: Roadhouse on Barkly Highway.
• Jarra: Waterhole on Warumungu country
• Kajunpura: Waterhole on Pankurrpankur
• Kalkarti:
• Kaguru Camp: Town camp in Tennant Creek
• Kulyukulyu: Devil's Marbles
• Kumanjayi Springs: Alice Springs
• Kunjarra: Devil's Pebbles
• Kurandi: Cattle station south of Tennant Creek
• Mangkamarnta: Phillip Creek
• Manjamunja: Aboriginal camp near Banka Banka Station
• Mulga Camp: Town camp in Tennant Creek
• Ngalaminyaminya: Warumungu country north of Tennant Creek
• Nyinkka Nyunyu: Art and Culture Centre in town, home of the spiky-tailed goanna
• Nyinkkanyunyu: Town camp in Tennant Creek
• Pankurr Pankurr: BB Station, Banka Banka Station
• Patalki:
• Patta: Hard ground country, Tennant Creek
• Pirlpirlara: Waterhole near Mangkamarnta
• Purttu:
• Purrumpuru: Waterhole near Phillip Creek
• Tinkarli: Town camp in Tennant Creek
• Village Camp: Town camp in Tennant Creek
• Wakayala: Rockhampton Downs Station
• Wakiriji: Waterhole near Tennant Creek
• Wiitin: Six Mile
• Wumpuriji: Warumungu country north of Tennant Creek
• Wuppa Camp: Town camp in Tennant Creek
• Wurrjjurlunyu: Greenwood Station

People

• Alexander, David: Worked for Central Land Council on the Warumungu land claim
• Lloyd, Jane: Worked for Central Land Council on the Warumungu land claim
• McAdam, Elliot: Northern Territory Minister for the Barkly
• Simpson, Jane: Linguist who worked on the Warumungu land claim