Maridan

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The Maridan 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

Maridan belongs to the Western branch of the Daly River language family

Western Daly languages

The Western Daly languages are a small family of Australian aboriginal languages that share common grammatical forms. They are:

Daly languages areal group of Aboriginal languages in Northern Territory, Australia

The Daly languages are an areal group of four to five language families of Indigenous Australian languages. They are spoken within the vicinity of the Daly River in the Northern Territory.

Country

The Maridan's land extended over some 100 square miles (260 km2), inland, along the marshlands north of the middle section of the Moyle River. [1]

Moyle River river in Australia

The Moyle River is a river in the Northern Territory, Australia.

Alternative names

Notes

    Citations

    1. 1 2 Tindale 1974, p. 230.

    Sources

    William Edward Hanley "Bill" Stanner CMG was an Australian anthropologist who worked extensively with Indigenous Australians. Stanner had a varied career that also included journalism in the 1930s, military service in World War II, and political advice on colonial policy in Africa and the South Pacific in the post-war period.

    Oceania is a triannual peer-reviewed academic journal that was established in 1930. It covers social and cultural anthropology of the peoples of Oceania, including Australia, Melanesia, Polynesia, Micronesia, and Southeast Asia. The journal publishes research papers as well as review articles, correspondence, and shorter comments.

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