Karenggapa


The Karenggapa are an indigenous people of New South Wales. They might have spoken a dialect of the Yarli language, but there is little data.

Country

estimated the extent of their tribal lands at, reaching from Mount Bygrave in northwestern New South Wales to Woodbum Lake in Queensland. They took in Tibooburra, at Yalpunga and Connulpie Downs, and included the Bulloo Lakes area. Their southwestern boundaries lay in the vicinity of Milparinka, while their eastern frontier ran along Therloo Downs.

Social organization and rites

The Karenggapa did not practice subincision, their initiation rites involving only circumcision.

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