ALAWA ARE INDIANS FROM THE NORTHERN TERITORY. THEY ARE IN AN ABUNDANT AREA WITH TURTLES, DUCKS AND FISH. TODAY THEY ARE INVOLVED IN RANCHING. THEY ONLY HAVE 15 PEOPLE WHO SPEAK ALAWA.. THEIR NAME MEANS ROCK PEOPLE OR ADNYAMOTHANBA.
THESE FOLKS LIVE IN SOUTH AUSTRALA. THEIR LANGUAGE IS ALSO CALLED THIS NAME. THEY ARE MADE UP OF TWO GROUPS WHO LIVE AROUND LAKE TORRENS. THE TED COURT OF AUSTRALIA GAVE THEM TITLE TO 40,000 SQ. KM. OF LAND. THEY SHARE A COMMON BOND KNOWN AS YURA MUDA. THE ORIGINS OF THEIR CREATION STORIES ARE PASSED DOWN THROUGH GENERATIONS
BY 1851 THE FIRST EUROPEANS CAME THAT CONFLICTED WITH THE ABORIGINALLANDS. ABORIGINAL STOCKMEN AND HOUSEKEEPERS WERE COMMON FOR THE SETTLERS.
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