K/Gamilaroi Language and Culture Quiz

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K/Gamilaroi Language and Culture Quiz

Explore the rich heritage of the K/Gamilaroi people with this engaging quiz! Test your knowledge about their language, culture, history, and significant figures.

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According to Norman Tindale's estimation, what is the total area (in square kilometres) of K/Gamilaroi country?

5000kmsq

32000kmsq

75000kmsq

120000kmsq

Gamilaraay is described as being part of a greater family of Indigenous Australian languages, what is the name of this family of languages?

Llama-Farma

Gamba-Lari

Dilli-Munga

Pama-Nyungan

What was the name of the warrior Chief whose story was recorded by J.P. Ewing as told by "Old Joe" Bungaree in Gunndeah in 1891?

Black snake

Red Kangaroo

White eyes

Blue Mountain

European explorer John Oxley was reportedly the first white man to set foot on (invade) K/Gamilaroi country, in what year did this happen?

1788

1808

1818

1838

In 1826, a white convict named George Clarke absconded from his owner Benjamin Singleton. After escaping, he went on to live with K/Gamilaroi people in New South Wales' north west for just over five years. What was George Clarke's nickname?

The Butcher

The Baker

The Barber

The Burner

During one of the several times that George Clarke was captured and jailed for leading cattle raids with local K/Gamilaroi tribes in the north west, he reported the location of what he called, "an inland sea" beyond the Namoi. According to him, what was the name of this massive body of water?

The MacIntyre

The Kindur

The Mitchell

The Wiimala

Mt. Wingen, also known as "Burning Mountain", was first noted by Thomas Mitchell in 1835. How did this mountain get its name?

The Leyland brothers set fire to it in 1840.

It where K/Gamilaroi people first discovered fire.

A comet was observed by Aboriginal people to have landed on it.

It is the oldest known underground coal fire.

The Reverend William Ridley in 1873 describes several conversations that he had with a man named King Rory. What was the name that King Rory gave to describe the Milky Way?

Worrumbul (a watercourse)

Ngambagu dhaygal (mother's hair)

Warruwi (a small pathway)

Yarragaa (time of spring wind)

King Rory also gave the names of several star constellations, such as "mei mei" (miyay miyaay). Which constellation has this name?

The three brothers

The seven sisters

The five birds

The two eaglehawks

What is the name of the dimmest star in the Miyay-miyaay star constellation?

Muga-mil (blind, can't see)

Ngarribaa (furthest away)

Dhabiyaan (Silent)

Gurri-gurri (afraid, ashamed)

According to the Dhinawan in the Sky story, that describes the seasonal movements and breeding cycles of the Emu, at what time of year might you most commonly start to find Emu eggs on country?

March-April

April-May

June-July

July-August

At which time of year would you generally find the fruit known as "ngaybaan" (Capparis lasiantha) ripe?

Summer-Autumn

Spring-Summer

Winter-Spring

Autumn-Winter

What is the Gamilaraay word commonly used to describe something that is "cold"?

Badha

Garriil

Guraarr

Mulamula

If someone says that they are going to "baabili", what are they going to do?

Sleep

Eat

Jump

Cry

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