Spencer & Gillen

A journey through Aboriginal Australia

Cooper, Charley

Informant to Spencer in 1926. Irriakura = Bush Onion. Reralautnulaka (spelt Rera-Knilliga by Spencer) is a Purula man from Owen Springs, abort about 1872 aka Charlie Cooper. Spencer's other informant was Ankotarinja, a Northern Aranda man who ides at Alice Springs in 1932. This man was described by Spencer as an 'Oknirrabata of the Gnoilya totem'. (SOCA, p.xxx)

Details

Name
Charley Cooper
Gender
Male
Skin Name
Perrurle
Ancestral Country
Own Springs area
Alternate Names
  • Rera-knilliga
Totems
Language Groups