Nharangga Word


Mungari

English Word


place in Point Pearce area

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Definition/Cultural Note


- this usually means a place on the coast, although some people use this word for the island also known as Dead Mans Island.- a rock at Mungari shows where Buthera threw his waddy.-the island was visited for fish and penguin eggs.- Aunty Phoebe Wanganeen connects the name of the island with the fact that Cecil Graham found a skull on the beach at Mungari when he was little.


Different ways of saying this word
this ng is soft, as in singer, not hard, as in angry.