Jarildekald people


The Jarildekald are an indigenous Australian people of South Australia originating on the eastern side of Lake Alexandrina and the Murray River.

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.

Country

The lands of the Jarildekald extended over some 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 nameTotems
Luŋundinďerar.morinďeriorn.,ťeniťeri.,;
Kaŋaninďerar.kalu, a type of bird. wankeri ;
Kandukari.ťeniťeri.;
Retirinďerar.waiyi, wiruri ;
Manäŋkar.rakalde, kinkindili ;
Liwurinďerar.nguari pelican, tukuri ;
Milinďerar.rakaldesmall turtle);
Turarorn.turi ;
Yedawulinďerar.panki, maińŋuni ;
Tumbalinďerar.
Wuraltinďerar.kunŋari ;
Kinarinďerar.paraŋuwaťeri ;
Krapinďerar.peláŋe, karaiyi, puŋkalateri ;
Paraigelďerar.tukuri ;
Yukinďerar.piuwińi ;
Limpinďerar.waldi ;
Wutsautinďerar/Waltarpularorn.waldi, waltarwaltarińeri ;
Raŋurinďerar.keli, kalari ;
Mulberaperar/Mulberapinďerar.noŋkulauri ;
Yankinďerar.nowari, pomeri, përi, tuyuŋui ;
Karatinďerar.wild dog of light hue;
Piltinďerar.pomeri

Alternative names