Gunindiri people

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The Gunindiri were an indigenous Australian people of the Northern Territory.

Northern Territory federal territory of Australia

The Northern Territory is an Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia. It shares borders with Western Australia to the west, South Australia to the south, and Queensland to the east. To the north, the territory looks out to the Timor Sea, the Arafura Sea and the Gulf of Carpentaria, including Western New Guinea and other Indonesian islands. The NT covers 1,349,129 square kilometres (520,902 sq mi), making it the third-largest Australian federal division, and the 11th-largest country subdivision in the world. It is sparsely populated, with a population of only 246,700, making it the least-populous of Australia's eight states and major territories, with fewer than half as many people as Tasmania.

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Language

Gunindiri is classified as one of the Garawan languages.

Gunindiri is an extinct and nearly unattested Australian Aboriginal language of northern Australia.

Garawan languages small Australian language family

The Garawan languages (Garrwan), or Yanyi, are a small language family of Australian Aboriginal languages currently spoken in northern Australia.

Country

According to Norman Tindale, the Gunindiri had some 5,500 sq. miles of territory on the Barkly Tableland, along the headwaters of the Calvert,Robinson and Nicholson rivers. Their southwestern extension was at Anthony Lagoon. Cresswell Downs was on Gunindiri land as was Fish Waterhole.

Barkly Tableland Region in the Northern Territory, Australia

The Barkly Tableland is a rolling plain of grassland which runs from the eastern part of the Northern Territory into western Queensland. It is one of the five regions in the Northern Territory, Australia and covers 283,648 km2, 21% of the Northern Territory. The Barkly Tableland runs parallel to the southern shore of the Gulf of Carpentaria, from about Mount Isa, Queensland to near Daly Waters.

Calvert River river in the Northern Territory, Australia

The Calvert River is a river in the Northern Territory of Australia.

Robinson River (Northern Territory) river in Northern Territory, Australia

The Robinson River is a river in Australia's Northern Territory.

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      Herbert Basedow Australian anthropologist, geologist and explorer

      Herbert Basedow was an Australian anthropologist, geologist, politician, explorer and medical practitioner.

      The Royal Society of South Australia (RSSA) is a Learned Society whose interest is in Science, particularly, but not only, of South Australia. The major aim of the Society is the promotion and diffusion of scientific knowledge, particularly in relation to Natural Sciences.

      On 22 June 1883, the Geographical Society of Australasia started at a meeting in Sydney. A branch was formed in Victoria in the same year. In July 1885, both the Queensland and the South Australian branches started.

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