According to Norman Tindale's calculations the Paaruntyi would have exercised control over some 8,000 square miles (21,000 km2) of tribal land, around the
Paroo River and
Cuttaburra and
Kulkyne Creek
from
Goorimpa north to
Brindangabba, Berawinna Downs, as far as the border with Queensland at
Hungerford. Their land included
Wanaaring and
Yantabulla.[1]
Running clockwise from the north, their neighbours were the
Kalali and
Badyuri, on their eastern flank were the
Kurnu, the
Naualko lay to their south, while the
Wanjiwalku were on their western frontier, together, in the northwest, with the
Karenggapa.
Social organization and rites
The Paaruntyi had a two class system of marriage:[2]
Scrivener, G. (1886).
"Lower Portions of the Paroo and Warrego Rivers"(PDF). In
Curr, Edward Micklethwaite (ed.). The Australian race: its origin, languages, customs, place of landing in Australia and the routes by which it spread itself over the continent. Vol. 2. Melbourne: J. Ferres. pp. 182–186.