Yupangathi
The AIATSIS Map of Indigenous Australia places the Yupangathi (alternatively Jupangati, Yupungathi, Wimaranga) on Cape York Peninsula's west coast north of Duyfken Point, with the Tjungundji as their northern neighbours, the Teppathiggi to their east and the Anguthimri to their south.
Norman Tindale's Aboriginal Tribes of Australia identifies them as the Jupangati and places them on about 1300 square kilometres south of the Wenlock/Batavia River as far as Duyfken Point and Nomenade Creek (Pine River). Other sources place them between Janie Creek and the Pennefather River. Tindale notes that within this larger grouping, several hordes have been regarded as “small tribes,” including the Wimarangga and the Batjana. Although Nggerikudi (and variations) had been widely used for the whole aggregation, he suggests Jupangati is the better term.
In the complex ethnography of the Western Cape, the literature includes numerous variations (alternative names, synonyms, spelling variants and subgroups) that seem to refer to the aggregation, including:
- Yuupngati, Yupangati, Yupungati
- Yupnget, Yupungatti, Yopngadi
- Nggerikudi, Nggirikudi, Ngerikudi, Niggerikudi, Ra:kudi
- Angadimi, Angutimi (their language.)
- Batjana, Mbatyana, Ba:tyana (a horde on the lower Wenlock/Batavia River.)
- Wimarangga, Wimaranga (a horde near Duyfken Point, on the north side of Albatross Bay.)
In addition to their oral language, the Yupungathi used sign language. Walter Roth recorded around two dozen examples in 1900.
