Marridan

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

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Language

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

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]

Alternative names

Notes

    Citations

    1. 1 2 Tindale 1974, p. 230.

    Sources

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