Nanggikorongo

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The Nanggikorongo are an indigenous Australian people of the Northern territory.

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Name

There is some dispute as to whether Nanggikorongo refers to this tribe or is a "big name" toponym for a place on the Murinbata coastline. [1]

Country

The Nanggikorongo's traditional lands extended over some 1,200 square miles (3,100 km2), east of Wadeye/Port Keats and inland to the Moyle River. [1]

Wadeye, Northern Territory Town in the Northern Territory, Australia

Wadeye is a town in Australia's Northern Territory. Pronounced wod-air-yer or "wad-ayer", it was formerly known as Port Keats. At the 2016 census, Wadeye had a population of 2,280. Wadeye is the 6th most populous town, and the largest indigenous community in the Northern Territory.

Moyle River river in Australia

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

People

W. E. H.Stanner suggested Nangiomeri as an alternative name, while Norman Tindale called for further research to clarify what relation the Nanggikorongo had with the more easterly Nanggumiri. [1]

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.

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    Daniel Sutherland Davidson was an American anthropologist who also did important work among the Australian Aborigines in the 1930s.

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