Djowei

The Djowei are an indigenous Australian people of the Northern Territory. ^[1]

Country

The Djowei had an estimated 1,700 square miles (4,400 km²) of tribal land consisting of some 1,200 square miles (3,100 km²) inland east of the Adelaide River. They lay between the Awarai and Djerimanga. ^[2]

Alternative names

• Kumertuo, ^[2] a name shared with the Jawoyn.

Notes

Citations

1. Spencer 1914, pp. 277–278.
2. Tindale 1974, p. 224.

Sources

• Spencer, Baldwin (1914). Native tribes of the Northern Territory of Australia (PDF). London: Macmillan Publishers.
• Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Djowei (NT)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University. ISBN   978-0-708-10741-6. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020.