| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Australian Dictionary of Biography. Volume 17 (1981-1990 A-K) |
| Editors | Di Langmore |
| Place of Publication | Melbourne |
| Publisher | Melbourne University Press (an imprint of Melbourne University Publishing) |
| Pages | 98-99pp |
| Volume | 18 |
| Edition | 1st |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780522853827 |
| Publication status | Published - 2007 |
Abstract
Beetaloo Jangari Bill (c.1910-1983), labourer and Aboriginal elder, was born probably between 1910 and 1915 at Beetaloo station (from which his English name derives), near Newcastle Waters, Northern Territory. His father, Roderick (Mirijilkari) Jampin, was Warumungu; his mother, Clara Parrangali Nawurla, was Gurindji. Beetaloo Bill said that this proscribed marriage (Jampin-Nawurla) had arisen because a White man, Billy `Cabby or `Cabbage (perhaps Kirby), had taken his mother from the Camfield area to Tennant Creek. There, since Northern Territory law prohibited `cohabitation, `Cabby engaged Roderick to give the appearance of the two Aborigines being a couple, which they later became. Beetaloo Bill was their first child; he had a younger brother and several younger sisters. His Aboriginal name was Wirinykari (Weingari).