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Revision as of 17:45, 16 March 2018

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

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. [1] 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.[2] The Gumader swamps and creeks east of Oenpelli/Awunbelenja also formed part of their land.[3]

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. [a]
  • Koorungo.
  • Neinggu/Neiŋgu.(Maung exonym)[5]
  • Mangaridji.
  • Mangeri. [2][b]

Notes

  1. ^ Tindale's source, Arthur Capell, actually wrote Uningangk[4]
  2. ^ Again Capell uses Mangeri to denote a distinct language group from the Gunwinggu [4]

Citations

  1. ^ Elkin, Berndt & Berndt 1951, pp. 253–254.
  2. ^ a b Tindale 1974, p. 226.
  3. ^ Elkin, Berndt & Berndt 1951, p. 254.
  4. ^ a b Capell 1942, p. 367.
  5. ^ Elkin, Berndt & Berndt 1951, p. 253.

Sources