Wardaman people

E503131

The Wardaman people are an Aboriginal Australian group from the Northern Territory, renowned for their rich rock art, oral traditions, and deep cultural connection to their ancestral lands southwest of Katherine.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Wardaman people canonical 9

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Aboriginal Australian people ⓘ
Indigenous people of the Northern Territory ⓘ
areIndigenousTo Australia ⓘ
areKnownFor Dreaming stories ⓘ
astronomy knowledge ⓘ
oral traditions ⓘ
rock art ⓘ
songlines ⓘ
arePartOf Aboriginal peoples of the Victoria River region ⓘ
areRecognisedBy Australian government ⓘ
associatedWith Flora River ⓘ
Katherine region ⓘ
Victoria River ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
culturalHeritageIncludes art sites ⓘ
rock shelters ⓘ
sacred sites ⓘ
culturalKnowledgeTransmittedBy oral tradition ⓘ
culturalPractice ceremonial law ⓘ
initiation ceremonies ⓘ
rock art production ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ
governedBy Wardaman Aboriginal Corporation ⓘ
haveAlternativeName Wardaman ⓘ
haveAlternativeSpelling Wadaman ⓘ
Wadamanng ⓘ
linked to: Wadaman
haveConnectionTo land ⓘ
sky ⓘ
waterways ⓘ
haveCulturalConnectionTo ancestral lands southwest of Katherine ⓘ
haveElder Bill Yidumduma Harney ⓘ
languageFamily Yangmanic languages ⓘ
linked to: Nyungic languages
languageSpoken Wardaman language ⓘ
locatedIn Northern Territory ⓘ
nativeTitleArea Wardaman Native Title Determination Area ⓘ
nativeTitleRecognised yes ⓘ
notableFor detailed star lore ⓘ
oralTraditionsInclude cosmological narratives ⓘ
creation stories ⓘ
law stories ⓘ
religion Australian Aboriginal spirituality ⓘ
rockArtDepicts ancestral beings ⓘ
animals ⓘ
ceremonial scenes ⓘ
traditionalEconomy hunting and gathering ⓘ
traditionalLandsLocation southwest of Katherine ⓘ
traditionalLandsRegion Victoria River District ⓘ
traditionalLanguageStatus endangered ⓘ
traditionalLaw customary law ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Katherine → traditionalOwners → Wardaman people ⓘ
Victoria River region → traditionalOwners → Wardaman people ⓘ
Marranunggu people → hasNeighbouringGroup → Wardaman people ⓘ
Jawoyn → hasNeighboringGroup → Wardaman people ⓘ
Jawoyn people → neighboringGroup → Wardaman people ⓘ
Dagoman people → hasNeighboringPeople → Wardaman people ⓘ
Malak Malak people → hasNeighboringGroup → Wardaman people ⓘ