Makarrwanhalmirr

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The Makarrwanhalmirr (Mugarganalmiri) are an indigenous Australian clan-people of the Northern Territory. They are not registered as a separate tribe in Norman Tindale's classic 1974 survey. [1]

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Language

The Makarrwanhalmirr are a Dhuwal clan (mala), otherwise known as Djapu, of the Dua moiety. [1]

People

According to the website of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, the Makarrwanhalmirr are a clan of the Yirritja moiety of the Yolngu. [2]

Alternative names

The Makarrwanhalmirr/Djapu clan are also referred to as

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