Paaruntyi

See also: Paaruntyi language

The Paaruntyi are an indigenous Australian people of the state of New South Wales. They are not to be confused with the Parrintyi.

Country

According to Norman Tindale's calculations the Paaruntyi would have exercised control over some 8,000 square miles (21,000 km²) of tribal land, around the Paroo River and Cuttaburra and Kulkyne Creek from Goorimpa north to Brindangabba, Berawinna Downs, as far as the border with Queensland at Hungerford. Their land included Wanaaring and Yantabulla.^[1]

Running clockwise from the north, their neighbours were the Kalali and Badyuri, on their eastern flank were the Kurnu, the Naualko lay to their south, while the Wanjiwalku were on their western frontier, together, in the northwest, with the Karenggapa.

Social organization and rites

The Paaruntyi had a two class system of marriage:^[2]

Primary Divisions	Totems
Mukwara	eaglehawk (biliari); kanbgaroo (turlta); bilby (kurte); turkey (tickara); whistling duck (kultuppa); bandicoot (burkunia)
Kilpara	emu (kulthi); snake (turru); lizard (kami); wallaby(murinya); goanna (bu-una); native companion (kuntara)

The Paaruntyi rites of initiation involved neither circumcision nor subincision.^[1]

Alternative names

• Paruindji
• Paruindi, Paruinji, Paroinge
• Barundji, Barungi, Barinji, Bahroonjee, Baroongee, Bahroongee, Barrengee
• Parooinge, Barunga^[1]

Notes

Citations

1. Tindale 1974, p. 198.
2. Cameron 1885, p. 348.

Sources

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• Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Parundji (NSW)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University Press. ISBN 978-0-708-10741-6.