Boanawari

Boanawari belongs to Narungga country on South Australia’s Yorke Peninsula, known to its people as Guuranda. The territory reaches north toward Port Broughton, meets Kaurna country near the head of Gulf St Vincent, and includes coasts around Wallaroo, Ardrossan, Marion Bay and Cape Spencer. Four clans, Kurnara in the north, Dilpa in the south, Wari in the west and Windarra in the east, shared the peninsula.

The Narungga used fire to clear vegetation and flush game, and they drew food from both land and sea. Fishing knowledge was highly developed; fish were caught with long nets, and seafood formed a central part of the seasonal economy. Movement across the peninsula followed water, plant products and coastlines, making the whole territory a network of hunting grounds and fishing places rather than a chain of fixed villages. Before permanent settlement, the coasts were visited only occasionally by sealers.