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Elephant grub, unchalka

Notes

Untjalka — A grub which gives its name to a totemic group. The same name is also applied to the bush on the leaves of which it feeds. Arunta tribe. (NorTCA, glossary). More contemporary research however suggests that this Arrernte word only refers to the Elephant grub, not a plant.

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Quabara Unchalka of Atnurinya, Alice Springs

Northern Territory

Places Alice Springs; Jessie Gap; Wulpa

Totems Emu Bush Caterpillar, udnirringita, Elephant grub, unchalka

Language Group Arrernte

Institution Museum Victoria

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Places Alice Springs

Totems Elephant grub, unchalka

Language Group Arrernte

Institution Museum Victoria

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Arrernte ceremony, Alice Springs, Central Australia, 1901.

Places Alice Springs; Jessie Gap

Totems Emu Bush Caterpillar, udnirringita, Elephant grub, unchalka

Language Group Arrernte

Institution Museum Victoria

Totem Details

Common Name

Elephant grub

Arrernte Name

unchalka

Alternative Spellings

unchalka; untjalka

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Places

Jessie Gap, Northern Territory