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Map showing the lands of the Gunnawingu people near Darwin, Northern Territory.

The Gunwinggu people are a tribe of Australian Aboriginal people who live to the east of Darwin, Northern Territory.

Language

They traditionally speak the Kunwinjku language.

Country

In Norman Tindale's scheme, the Gunwinggu were allotted a tribal territory of around 2,800 sq. miles in the area south of Jungle Creek and on the headwaters of the East Alligator River.[1]

Social organization

The Gunwinggu were composed of clans

Alternative names

  • Gunwingu.
  • Gunwingo.
  • Wengi, Wengei, Wengej.
  • Gundeidjeme.
  • Gundjeipmi
  • Kulunglutji, Kulunglutchi.
  • Gundjeibmi, Gundjajeimi, Gundeijeme, Gundeidjeme.
  • Margulitban.
  • Unigangk, Urnigangg.
  • Koorungo.
  • Neinggu.(Maung exonym)
  • Mangaridji.
  • Mangeri. [1]

Notes

Citations

  1. ^ a b Tindale 1974, p. 226.

Sources

  • Hiatt, L. R. (1965). Kinship and conflict : a study of an aboriginal community in northern Arnhem Land (pdf). Australian National University Press. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Mathews, R. H. (1900). Marriage and descent among the Australian aborigines. Vol. Volume 34. Journal of the Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales. p. 120.135. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help); Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Spencer, Baldwin (1914). Native tribes of the Northern Territory of Australia (PDF). London: Macmillan Publishers. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Gunwinggu (NT)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-708-10741-6. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)