Wangaaypuwan Ngurrampaa – Nyngan Timeline from 1835 – 1998
Nyngan Pre-contact: Ngemba boarding Wiradjuri / Wayilwan /Kawambarai Country: Traditional Language: Ngiyampaa – Wangaaypuwan (Wongaibon) Mayi (People). Clans included: Belar…
For our Elders
A group of Year 6 Aboriginal students from Nyngan Public School were yarning about the theme for NAIDOC 2023 ‘…
Acknowledgement of Country
A group of Year 6 students from Nyngan Public School are very proud to have learnt an Acknowledgement of Country…
Because of her. We can.
Because of them, we can. These three lovely strong ladies – Marie Johnson, Raylene Weldon and Veneta Dutton – live…
Interview with Elder Eddie Shipp
Some of the students from Nyngan High School and Nyngan Public School were thrilled to interview local Elder Eddie Shipp,…
Getting to Know the Elders at Nyngan
In this video, students from Nyngan High School and Nyngan Public School get together with some of their local Elders…
Storylines Youth Ambassadors Program – Nyngan
The Storylines team headed to Nyngan to do the Storylines Youth Ambassadors Program with some incredible students from both Nyngan…
Getting to Know Me with Nyngan Public School
In this video we interview some students from Nyngan Public School and got to know them, their interests and their…
Acknowledgement of Country
Students from Nyngan Public School perform an Acknowledgement of Country.
Graham Toomey (Lamb)
This is my Aboriginal grandmother, Stella Patricia Lamb, from the Nyngan area. Her father was George Parker, her mother unknown….
Illustrations from journals by Thomas Mitchell
Bultje, one of the guides, had led Mitchell in an expedition to the lower part of the Darling ten years…
Ngiyampaa dictionary
Body parts and products Ngiyampaa English Kanaa Shoulder Karra Phlegm Kiil Urine Kii Heart Kilkin Armpit Kuna Faeces Kurraluu Liver…
Wangaaypuwan (Wongaibon) language groups
The traditional homelands of ngurrampaa (camp-world) of Ngiyampaa/Ngemba family groups extend north from around the Lachlan (Kaliyarr) to the Darling…
Mary the Rainmaker
‘Mary’ Jemima Johnson, aka ‘Mary the Rainmaker’, was a Wiradjuri ‘clever woman’. Her ancestry is something of a mystery, although…