Ngayawang
The Ngayawang, or Ngaiawang were an Aboriginal Australian people of the Lower Murray area of South Australia. They are now considered extinct.Language
The Ngayawung language belonged to the Lower Murray language branch of the Pama–Nyungan family.Country
The Ngaiawang lived in an area of some ranging along the Murray River from Herman Landing to Penn Reach. The western boundary was formed by the scarp of the Mount Lofty Ranges. To the south, the tribal territory ended at Ngautngaut rock shelter, the first area to be subject to archaeological excavation and the first formal archaeological excavation undertaken in Australia.Society
The Ngaiawang consisted of some ten clans or peoples, among which were the Molo people. They did not practice circumcision, and were derided for this by the Kaurna, whose derogative exonym for them, Paruru, meant "uncircumcised" or "animal".History
The first recorded encounter of the Ngaiawang with Europeans occurred when the explorer Edward John Eyre came across them at Lake Bonney.- Aiawung, Aiawong.
- Birta
- Iawung
- Karn-brikolenbola.
- Meru.
- Moorunde, Moorundee, Moorundie
- Murundi.
- Naiawu ; Niawoo
- Ngaiawung
- Ngaijawa, Ngaiyawa
- Ngaiyau
- Nggauaiyo-wangko
- Paruru to denote the Ngaiawang and other Murray River tribes
- Pijita, Pitta, Pieta, Peeita
- Wakanuwan.
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