Marimanindji

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The Marimanindji are an indigenous Australian tribe of the Northern territory. Little is known of them.

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Name

The anthropologist "Bill" Stanner thought that other attested tribal names, Maritjamiri and Mangikurungu, properly belonged to the Marinmanindji. [1] Norman Tindale noted a similarity between their name and that of the Nanggikorongo also identified in this area, but did not draw any conclusion, since adequate material to clarify the overlap was not available. [2]

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.

Norman Tindale Australian biologist

Norman Barnett Tindale AO was an Australian anthropologist, archaeologist, entomologist and ethnologist.

Language

Marimanindji was a dialect within the Marrithiyel language cluster and is now virtually extinct. [3]

Marrithiyel, also known as Berringen is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Marrithiyal people.

Country

Marimanindji ranged to the south of Hermit Hill, in the central Daly River area. [2] Later work indicated that they resided south of both the Daly and Darwin rivers, to the west, and near the headwaters of the Muldiva river. [3]

Daly River, Northern Territory Town in the Northern Territory, Australia

Daly River is the name of a river and a town in the Northern Territory of Australia. At the 2006 census, Daly River had a population of 468. The town is part of the Victoria Daly Region local government area. Settlement on the river is centred on the Aboriginal community of Nauiyu, originally the site of a Catholic mission, as well as the town of Daly River itself, at the river crossing a few kilometres to the south. The area is popular for recreational fishing, being regarded as one of the best places to catch Barramundi in Australia. The Daly River is part of the Daly Catchment that flows from northern Northern Territory to central Northern Territory.

Darwin River, Northern Territory Suburb of Darwin, the Northern Territory, Australia

Darwin River is an outer suburban area in Darwin. The name of the locality derived from the Darwin River which flows through the locality.

People

They are generally grouped as one of the Marrithiyal As of 2005 it was believed that the Marimanindji remnant had been reduced to 10 people. [3]

The Marrithiyal, also written Marithiel, are an indigenous 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(Berinken/Brinken), a term used by the Mulluk-Mulluk to refer to 'aliens'/strangers'.

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