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The Gunavidji, [1] also written Kunibidji or referred to as the Ndjébbana, are an indigenous Australian people of Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory.

Arnhem Land Region in the Northern Territory, Australia

Arnhem Land is one of the five regions of the Northern Territory of Australia. It is located in the north-eastern corner of the territory and is around 500 km (310 mi) from the territory capital Darwin. The region has an area of 97,000 km2 (37,000 sq mi), which also covers the area of Kakadu National Park, and a population of 16,230. In 1623, Dutch East India Company captain William van Colster sailed into the Gulf of Carpentaria and Cape Arnhem is named after his ship, the Arnhem, which itself was named after the city of Arnhem in the Netherlands.

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

The Gunavidji speak Ndjébbana, which is one of the Maningrida languages.

Ndjébbana, also known as Djeebbana, Kunibidji, Gunavidji, Gunivugi, or Gombudj, is a Burarran language spoken by the Kunibidji people of North-central Arnhem Land, Australia.

Maningrida languages

Maningrida, also known as Burarran, is a small family of Australian Aboriginal languages spoken in northern Australia. It includes four languages, none closely related:

Country

The Gunavidji's lands extended over some 500 square miles (1,300 km2) in and around the valley along the Liverpool River in and as fas at the point where the Tomkinson River flows into the mangrove swamps. Their main base is at Maningrida township. [2]

Liverpool River Australian river

Liverpool River is a river in the Northern Territory of Australia.

Maningrida is an Aboriginal community in the heart of the Arnhem Land region of Australia's Northern Territory. Maningrida is 500 km (311 mi) east of Darwin, and 300 km (186 mi) north east of Jabiru. At the 2016 census, Maningrida had a population of 2,308.

Social organization

They do not practice circumcision. [2]

Alternative names

Notes

    Citations

    1. ↑ Keen 1982, p. 661.
    2. 1 2 3 Tindale 1974, p. 225.

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