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…
History
For our Elders
A group of Year 6 Aboriginal students from Nyngan Public School were yarning about the theme for NAIDOC 2023 ‘…
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…
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…
Mary the Rainmaker
‘Mary’ Jemima Johnson, aka ‘Mary the Rainmaker’, was a Wiradjuri ‘clever woman’. Her ancestry is something of a mystery, although…