K/Gamilaroi Language and Culture Quiz
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.
- Multiple choice and checkbox questions
- Learn interesting facts about the K/Gamilaroi community
- Great for language enthusiasts and culture seekers
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
Finish this sentence: Gamil means...
Yes
No
Maybe
Later
Finish this sentence: The suffix -araay means...
Running
Wanting
Eating
Having
Select the two main Moiety groups within the K/Gamilaroi kinship system.
Dilby (Crow)
Bandaarr (Kangaroo)
Bigibilla (Echidna)
Kaputhin (Eagle)
Ngiibii (Black snake)
Guda (Koala)
Select the four main family groups in the K/Gamilaroi kinship system.
Murri/Matha
Coco/Jumbo
Ippai/Ippatha
Kubbi/Kubbitha
Wuthi/Wutha
Kumbo/Butha
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 Myall Creek massacre happened in which year?
1826
1832
1838
1842
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
Finish this sentence, gubi-y means....
Sing
Swim
Swap
Stop
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