Groups and Country
The Aranda comprise people who identify with different parts of their "country". The respective groups are the ones below:
- Central Aranda refers to people from the township of Alice Springs only.
- Eastern Aranda refers to people from the Aranda lands east of Alice Springs.
- Western Aranda refers to people from the Aranda lands west of Alice Springs, out to Mutitjulu and King's Canyon.
Aranda refers to all groups combined, or alternatively to the people from the few Aranda lands north of Alice Springs.
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