Kunwinjku people
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
- The Gundjeipmi were on the upper Liverpool River
- The Margulitban.
- The Mangaridji.
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
- ^ a b Tindale 1974, p. 226.
Sources
- Capell, Arthur (June 1942). Languages of Arnhem Land, North Australia. Vol. Volume 12. Oceania. pp. 364–392.
{{cite book}}:|volume=has extra text (help); Invalid|ref=harv(help)CS1 maint: year (link) - 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) - Spencer, Baldwin (1928). Wanderings in wild 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.
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