Jamindjung

Last updated

The Jamindjung, also spelt Djamindjung, are an indigenous Australian people of the Northern Territory.

Contents

Language

Jaminjung belongs to the Yirram branch of the non Pama-Nyungan tongues, and is related closely to the language spoken by the Ngaliwurru, and, some distantly, to Nungali. [1]

Country

W. E. H. Stanner, writing in 1936, placed the Djamindjung between the north bank of the Victoria River to the south bank of the Fitzmaurice River, with an inland extension from the Timor Sea he reckoned to be about 100 miles. [2] Norman Tindale worked out more specific details, estimating their tribal territory's extent as covering about 2,700 square miles (7,000 km2), from the upper and middle Fitzmaurice through to the Vambarra mountain range and Umyxera Creek, while their southern limits lay at Timber Creek on the Victoria River. Their domain included Bradshaw and the Angalarri River. [3]

Alternative names

Notes

    Citations

    Sources

    Related Research Articles

    Murrinh-Patha

    The Murrinh-Patha, or Murinbata, are an indigenous Australian people of the Northern Territory

    Gunwinggu

    The Gunwinggu (Kunwinjku) people are an Australian Aboriginal people, one of several groups within the Bininj people, who live around West Arnhem Land to the east of Darwin, Northern Territory. Kunwinjku people generally refer to themselves as "Bininj" in much the same way that Yolŋu people refer to themselves as "Yolŋu".

    The Marrithiyal, also written Marithiel, are an Aboriginal Australian people whose traditional territory lay 30 to 50 miles south of the Daly River in the Northern Territory. They were sometimes known derogatively as Berringen, a term used by the Mulluk-Mulluk to refer to "aliens" or "strangers".

    The Madngella, otherwise known as the Matngala or Hermit Hill tribe, are an indigenous Australian people of the Northern Territory, Australia.

    The Marranunggu are an indigenous Australian people, and language group, of the Northern Territory.

    The Dagoman are a group of Indigenous Australians living in the Northern Territory of Australia.

    The Ngintait, or Ngindadj, were an indigenous Australian people of the northwest corner of the state of Victoria, and partly in South Australia. 9 people, all of one family, claim descent from the tribe, which was dispersed in the 19th century.

    The Mariamo or Marri ammu are an indigenous Australian people of the Northern Territory.

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

    The Nungali, otherwise known as the Ilngali, are an indigenous Australian people of the Northern Territory.

    The Ngaliwurru are an indigenous Australian people of the Northern Territory.

    The Bingongina or Pinkangarna are a possible indigenous Australian people of the Northern Territory. However, the name may simply be a former alternative term for Mudburra.

    The Ngarinman or Ngarinyman people are an Aboriginal Australian people of the Northern Territory who spoke the Ngarinyman language.

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

    The Kungarakan (Koongurrukuñ) are an indigenous Australian people of the Northern Territory.

    The Pongaponga were an indigenous Australian people of the Northern Territory. They may have been a band of the Ngolokwangga.

    The Ngolokwangga are an Aboriginal Australian people of the Northern Territory.

    The Yunggor were an Aboriginal Australian people of the Northern Territory.

    The Muringura, or Murrinh-Kura, were an indigenous Australian people of the Northern Territory.

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

    This page is based on this Wikipedia article
    Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
    Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.