Jarildekald people facts for kids
The Jarildekald (Yarilde) are an indigenous Australian people of South Australia originating on the eastern side of Lake Alexandrina and the Murray River.
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Name
The tribal name Jarildekald is said to derive from 'Jarawalangan?', a phrase meaning 'Where shall we go?', referring to a tradition according to which on migrating from the interior to the mouth of the Murray River, the tribe at that point was perplexed as to where they were to continue their travels. They were grouped as the Ngarrindjeri by the early ethnographer George Taplin, though Norman Tindale and others have argued that while his data refer predominantly to the Jarildekald. It would be mistaken to confuse them with the Narinndjeri.
Language
Their dialect of Ngarrindjeri is known as Yarildewallin (Jaralde speech).
Country
The lands of the Jarildekald extended over some 1,300 square kilometres (500 sq mi) They were located on the eastern side of Lake Alexandrina and the Murray River, their territory running from Loveday Bay on the Narrung Peninsula to Mobilong and east to Meningie and the Cookes Plains.
People
The Jarildekald people consisted of over 15 hordes. A. R. Radcliffe-Brown provided a list he said was incomplete, totally 22.
| Clan name | Totems |
|---|---|
| Luŋundinďerar. | morinďeriorn.(White-bellied sea eagle),(?)ťeniťeri.(seagull),(tern?); |
| Kaŋaninďerar. | (?)kalu, a type of bird. (?)wankeri (mullet-like fish); |
| Kandukari. | (?)ťeniťeri.; |
| Retirinďerar. | waiyi (brown snake), wiruri (spider); |
| Manäŋkar. | rakalde (water-rat), kinkindili (small back turtle); |
| Liwurinďerar. | nguari pelican, tukuri (silver bream); |
| Milinďerar. | rakalde(water-rat), kinkindili )small turtle); |
| Turarorn. | turi (coot); |
| Yedawulinďerar. | panki (water plant), maińŋuni (stinging nettle); |
| Tumbalinďerar. | |
| Wuraltinďerar. | kunŋari (swan); |
| Kinarinďerar. | paraŋuwaťeri (snake); |
| Krapinďerar. | peláŋe (small butterfish), karaiyi (snake), puŋkalateri (prickly lizard); |
| Paraigelďerar. | tukuri (silver bream); |
| Yukinďerar. | piuwińi (hawk); |
| Limpinďerar. | waldi (hot weather); |
| Wutsautinďerar/Waltarpularorn. | waldi (hot weather), waltarwaltarińeri (a small bird); |
| Raŋurinďerar. | keli (wild dog of dark hue), kalari (sleepy lizard); |
| Mulberaperar/Mulberapinďerar. | noŋkulauri (mountain duck); |
| Yankinďerar. | nowari (pelican), pomeri (catfish), përi (hawk), tuyuŋui (monitor lizard); |
| Karatinďerar. | wild dog of light hue; |
| Piltinďerar. | pomeri (catfish) |
Alternative names
- Jaralde (short form)
- Lakalinyeri (horde at Point McLeay)
- Piccanini Murray people
- Warawalde (a northern horde at Nalpa)
- Yalawarre
- Yarilde, Yaralde, Yarrildie, Jaraldi, Yarildewallin (Jaralde speech)
