Gananggalinda
While they appear on the AIATSIS Map of Indigenous Australia as the Gananggalinda, in Norman Tindale's Aboriginal Tribes of Australia the traditional owners of around 780 square kilometres of land, including Forsyth Island, the southern half of Denham Island and a stretch of mangrove-lined coastline on the mainland near Bayley Point and Point Parker extending east to Allen Island — which they shared with the Gayardilt — and as far west as Cliffdale Creek appear as the Janggal (alternatively, Njanggad, Janggaral, Janggura, Janggaralda, Jangaralda (Lardil exonym), Nemarang (from the English 'name'), Balumbant — 'westerners — as opposed to Lilumbant — the Lardil and Yokula).
Culturally and linguistically, they had much in common with their neighbours on the mainland, spoke a Tangkic language — Yangkaal (a.k.a. Yanggaralda, Janggal, Gananggalinda, Nemarang)) — which was possibly a variety of Yukulta and were composed of at least four groups:
- Djo:ara at Beche-de-Mer Camp and on Bayley (Robert) Island;
- Laraksnja:ra on the eastern side of Forsyth Island;
- Mara'kalpa on the western side of Forsyth Island;
- Another clan, whose name has been lost, reputedly lived on Denham Island.
Missing links:
Forsyth Island
Denham Island
Bailey Point
Port Parker
Allen Island
Cliffdale Creek
Yokula
