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{{Short description|Australian Aboriginal people of West Arnhem Land}}
[[File:Gunnawingu Tribe.png|thumb|Map showing the lands of the Gunnawingu people near Darwin, Northern Territory.]]
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{{use Australian English|date=January 2020}}
The '''Gunwinggu people''' are a tribe of [[Australian Aboriginal]] people who live to the east of [[Darwin, Northern Territory]].
[[File:Kunwinjku map.png|alt=|thumb|The lands of the Kunwinjku people in the Northern Territory]]
The '''Kunwinjku''' (formerly written '''Gunwinggu'''<ref>{{cite web |title=Nawu Njale? About |url=https://bininjkunwok.org.au/about/ |website=Bininj Kunwok: Kunwok dja mankarre kadberre—our language, our culture |publisher=Bininj Kunwok Regional Language Centre |access-date=8 October 2022}}</ref>) people are an [[Australian Aboriginal]] people, one of several groups within the [[Bininj]] people, who live around West [[Arnhem Land]] to the east of [[Darwin, Northern Territory]]. Kunwinjku people generally refer to themselves as "Bininj" (meaning people, or Aboriginal people){{sfn|Bininj Kunwok dictionary}} in much the same way that [[Yolŋu]] people refer to themselves as "Yolŋu".


==Language==
They traditionally speak the [[Kunwinjku language]].
They traditionally speak the [[Kunwinjku language]].
==References==
<references />
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==Country==
[[Category:Indigenous peoples of Australia]]
Their original heartland is said to have been in the hilly terrain south of [[Goulburn Islands|Goulburn Island]] and their frontier with the [[Maung people|Maung]] running just south of Tor Rock. Their northern extension approached Sandy Creek, while they were also present south-east at the head of Cooper's Creek and part of the [[King River (Northern Territory)|King River]].{{sfn|Elkin|Berndt|Berndt|1951|pp=253–254}} In [[Norman Tindale]]'s scheme, the Kunwinjku were allotted a tribal territory of around {{convert|2,800|mi2|km2}} in the area south of Jungle Creek and on the headwaters of the [[Alligator Rivers|East Alligator River]].{{sfn|Tindale|1974|p=226}} The [[Goomadeer River|Gumader swamps]] near Junction Bay and the creeks east of [[Gunbalanya, Northern Territory|Oenpelli/''Awunbelenja'']] (now Gunbalanya) also formed part of their land.{{sfn|Elkin|Berndt|Berndt|1951|p=254}}

==Alternative names==
* ''Gunwinggu''
* ''Gunwingu''
* ''Gunwingo''
* ''Wengi, Wengei, Wengej''
* ''Gundeidjeme''
* ''Gundjeipmi''
* ''Kulunglutji, Kulunglutchi''
* ''Gundjeibmi, Gundjajeimi, Gundeijeme, Gundeidjeme''
* ''Margulitban''
* ''Unigangk, Urnigangg''{{efn|Tindale's source, [[Arthur Capell]], actually wrote ''Uningangk''{{sfn|Capell|1942|p=367}}}}
* ''Koorungo''
* ''Neinggu/Neiŋgu'' ([[Maung people|Maung]] [[exonym]]){{sfn|Elkin|Berndt|Berndt|1951|p=253}}
* ''Mangaridji''
* ''Mangeri''{{sfn|Tindale|1974|p=226}}{{efn|Again Capell uses ''Mangeri'' to denote a distinct language group from the Gunwinggu{{sfn|Capell|1942|p=367}}}}

==Customs==
{{main|Dzamalag}}
Dzamalag was a form of ritualised ceremonial exchange or [[barter]]ing practised by the Gunwinggu people.<ref>{{cite book|first=David |last=Graeber|title=Debt: The First 5,000 Years| year=2011| isbn=978-1-933633-86-2| publisher=Melville House}}</ref>

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

===Citations===
{{Reflist|20em}}

==Sources==
{{refbegin|35em}}
*{{Cite journal | title = Languages of Arnhem Land, North Australia
| last = Capell | first = Arthur
| author-link = Arthur Capell
| journal = [[Oceania (journal)|Oceania]]
| date = June 1942 | volume = 12 | issue = 4 | pages = 364–392
| doi = 10.1002/j.1834-4461.1942.tb00365.x | jstor = 40327959
}}
*{{Cite journal | title = Social Organization of Arnhem Land
| last1 = Elkin | first1 = A. P.
| last2 = Berndt | first2 = R. M.
| last3 = Berndt | first3 = C. H.
| author1-link = A. P. Elkin
| author2-link = Ronald Berndt
| author3-link = Catherine Berndt
| journal = [[Oceania (journal)|Oceania]]
| date = June 1951 | volume = 21 | issue = 4 | pages = 253–301
| doi = 10.1002/j.1834-4461.1951.tb00176.x | jstor = 40328302
}}
*{{cite web| title = bininj
| last = Garde | first = Murray
| website = Bininj Kunwok Online dictionary
| publisher = Bininj Kunwok Regional Language Centre
| url = https://www.njamed.com/#bininj
| access-date = 2 June 2019
| ref = {{harvid|Bininj Kunwok dictionary}}
}}
*{{Cite book| title = Kinship and conflict: a study of an aboriginal community in northern Arnhem Land
| last = Hiatt | first = L. R.
| author-link = Lester Hiatt
| year = 1965
| publisher = [[ANU Press|Australian National University Press]]
| url = https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/114919/2/b13541729.pdf
}}
*{{Cite journal | title = Marriage and descent among the Australian aborigines
| last = Mathews | first = R. H.
| author-link = Robert Hamilton Mathews
| journal = [[Royal Society of New South Wales|Journal of the Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales]]
| year = 1900 | volume = 34 | pages = 120–135
| doi = 10.5962/p.359341 | s2cid = 259735456 | url = https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/130743#page/152/mode/1up
| doi-access = free
}}
*{{Cite book| title = Native tribes of the Northern Territory of Australia
| last = Spencer | first = Baldwin
| author-link = Walter Baldwin Spencer
| year = 1914
| publisher = [[Macmillan Publishers]] | location = London
| url = https://archive.org/download/cu31924028623076/cu31924028623076.pdf }}
*{{Cite book| title = Wanderings in wild Australia
| last = Spencer | first = Baldwin
| author-link = Walter Baldwin Spencer
| year = 1928
| publisher = [[Macmillan Publishers]] | location = London
| url = https://archive.org/details/b2993154x_0001
| format = PDF
}}
*{{Cite book| chapter = Gunwinggu (NT)
| last = Tindale | first = Norman Barnett
| author-link = Norman Tindale
| year = 1974
| title = Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names
| publisher = [[Australian National University]]
| chapter-url = http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/gunwinggu.htm
| archive-date = 20 March 2020
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200320020206/http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/gunwinggu.htm
| isbn = 978-0-708-10741-6
}}
*{{Cite book| title = Black civilization: a social study of an Australian tribe
| last = Warner | first = W. Lloyd
| author-link = W. Lloyd Warner
| year = 1937
| publisher = [[Harper & Brothers]]
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=27dFAAAAMAAJ
}}
{{refend}}

{{Aboriginal peoples of the Northern Territory}}

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[[Category:Aboriginal peoples of the Northern Territory]]
[[Category:Indigenous Australians in the Northern Territory]]

Latest revision as of 12:12, 10 August 2024

The lands of the Kunwinjku people in the Northern Territory

The Kunwinjku (formerly written Gunwinggu[1]) people are an Australian Aboriginal people, one of several groups within the Bininj people, who live around West Arnhem Land to the east of Darwin, Northern Territory. Kunwinjku people generally refer to themselves as "Bininj" (meaning people, or Aboriginal people)[2] in much the same way that Yolŋu people refer to themselves as "Yolŋu".

Language

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They traditionally speak the Kunwinjku language.

Country

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Their original heartland is said to have been in the hilly terrain south of Goulburn Island and their frontier with the Maung running just south of Tor Rock. Their northern extension approached Sandy Creek, while they were also present south-east at the head of Cooper's Creek and part of the King River.[3] In Norman Tindale's scheme, the Kunwinjku were allotted a tribal territory of around 2,800 square miles (7,300 km2) in the area south of Jungle Creek and on the headwaters of the East Alligator River.[4] The Gumader swamps near Junction Bay and the creeks east of Oenpelli/Awunbelenja (now Gunbalanya) also formed part of their land.[5]

Alternative names

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  • Gunwinggu
  • Gunwingu
  • Gunwingo
  • Wengi, Wengei, Wengej
  • Gundeidjeme
  • Gundjeipmi
  • Kulunglutji, Kulunglutchi
  • Gundjeibmi, Gundjajeimi, Gundeijeme, Gundeidjeme
  • Margulitban
  • Unigangk, Urnigangg[a]
  • Koorungo
  • Neinggu/Neiŋgu (Maung exonym)[7]
  • Mangaridji
  • Mangeri[4][b]

Customs

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Main article: Dzamalag

Dzamalag was a form of ritualised ceremonial exchange or bartering practised by the Gunwinggu people.[8]

Notes

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  1. ^ Tindale's source, Arthur Capell, actually wrote Uningangk[6]
  2. ^ Again Capell uses Mangeri to denote a distinct language group from the Gunwinggu[6]

Citations

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  1. ^ "Nawu Njale? About". Bininj Kunwok: Kunwok dja mankarre kadberre—our language, our culture. Bininj Kunwok Regional Language Centre. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  2. ^ Bininj Kunwok dictionary.
  3. ^ Elkin, Berndt & Berndt 1951, pp. 253–254.
  4. ^ a b Tindale 1974, p. 226.
  5. ^ Elkin, Berndt & Berndt 1951, p. 254.
  6. ^ a b Capell 1942, p. 367.
  7. ^ Elkin, Berndt & Berndt 1951, p. 253.
  8. ^ Graeber, David (2011). Debt: The First 5,000 Years. Melville House. ISBN 978-1-933633-86-2.

Sources

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