The Narungga are a group of Indigenous Australians

Indigenous Australians

Indigenous Australians are the original inhabitants of the Australian continent and nearby islands. The Aboriginal Indigenous Australians migrated from the Indian continent around 75,000 to 100,000 years ago....

 whose traditional lands are located on Yorke Peninsula

Yorke Peninsula

The Yorke Peninsula is a peninsula located north-west and west of Adelaide in South Australia, Australia, between Spencer Gulf on the west and Gulf St Vincent on the east. It has geographic coordinates of...

, South Australia

South Australia

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. The boundary of their traditional lands runs roughly between the towns of Port Broughton

Port Broughton, South Australia

Port Broughton is a small South Australian town located on the Yorke Peninsula on the east coast of Spencer Gulf. It is situated about 170 km north west of Adelaide, and 56 km south of Port Pirie At the 2006 census, Port Broughton had a population of 908....

 and Port Wakefield

Port Wakefield, South Australia

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.

They were a nomadic people who practiced fire-stick farming

Fire-stick farming

Fire-stick farming is a term coined by Australian archaeologist Rhys Jones in 1969 to describe the practice of Indigenous Australians where fire was used regularly to burn vegetation to facilitate hunting and to change the composition of plant and animal species in an area.Fire-stick farming had...

 to flush out wildlife and control vegetation. Their diet also included seafood; their expertise at fishing was much admired by early European settlers and a variety of fish species were often traded for tobacco and other goods.

Soon after the establishment of Adelaide

Adelaide

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 in 1836, settlers began moving into Yorke Peninsula. The British concepts of property ownership were incompatible with the Narrunga's nomadic lifestyle, resulting in the gradual displacement of the indigenous population. In 1868, the Point Pearce

Point Pearce, South Australia

Point Pearce is a town in South Australia. The town is located in the District Council of Yorke Peninsula local government area, north west of the state capital, Adelaide. At the 2006 census, Point Pearce had a population of 147....

 Aboriginal Mission was established by the Moravian

Moravian

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missionary Julius Khun. After ten years, the mission was largely self-sufficient. Many of the buildings remain today.