Warumungu people facts for kids
The Warumungu (also spelled Warramunga) are an Aboriginal Australian group. They live in the Northern Territory of Australia, mainly around Tennant Creek and Alice Springs. Some Warumungu people also live in small towns in South Australia. Many still speak their traditional Warumungu language. Others speak Kriol, which is a language that mixes English with Aboriginal languages.
First European Contact
In June 1861, an explorer named John McDouall Stuart was the first European to visit the Warumungu area. He and his team were met by about 30 Warumungu warriors. The warriors threw boomerangs at the explorers. They also set fire to the grass around them.
Stuart wrote in his journal that he and his men fired their guns. However, he did not say if anyone was hurt or killed. Stuart and his team had to turn back to Adelaide. The place where this happened is now called Attack Creek. The Northern Territory government has built a memorial park near this site on the Stuart Highway.
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- In Spanish: Warrumungu para niños
