Weilwan


The Weilwan are an indigenous Australian people of the state of New South Wales. They are a clan of the Ngiyampaa nation.

Name

The Weilwan ethnonym is derived from their word for "no" in the Ngiyambaa language,.
The Weilwan spoke the dialect of Ngiyambaa called "Ngiyampaa Wayilwan" and as such also called themselves "those who speak Ngiyampaa the Wayilwan way".
Like other Ngiyampaa people such as the Wangaaypuwan, they also referred to themselves according to their home country.

Country

Weilwan country covered, running along the southern bank of the Barwon River from Brewarrina to Walgett, and along Marra Creek and the Castlereagh, Marthaguy, and Macquarie rivers. Their southern frontier was at Quambone and in the vicinity of Coonamble.

Social organization

The Weilwan were divided into hordes, one of which is known: the Waiabara.

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