Nimanburu

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The Nimanburu were an indigenous Australian people of Western Australia.

Western Australia State in Australia

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Language

The Nimanburu language was one of the Nyulnyulan languages. Their speech was described by other aboriginal informants as a 'heavy' dialect of the language spoken by the Warrwa. [1]

Nyulnyulan languages

The Nyulnyulan languages are a small family of closely related Australian Aboriginal languages spoken in northern Western Australia. Most languages in this family are extinct, with only 3 extant languages, all of which are almost extinct.

The Warrwa are an indigenous Australian people of Western Australia.

Country

Norman Tindale estimate Nimanburu tribal lands to extend over roughly 1,200 square miles (3,100 km2) from the King Sound coast, around Repulse Point southwards to the swamp plain where the Fraser River debouches into the sea. Their inland extension ran as far as the headwaters of that river. [1]

Norman Tindale Australian biologist

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

King Sound gulf

King Sound is a large gulf in northern Western Australia. It expands from the mouth of the Fitzroy River, one of Australia's largest watercourses, and opens to the Indian Ocean. It is about 120 km long, and averages about 50 km in width. The port town of Derby lies near the mouth of the Fitzroy River on the eastern shore of King Sound. King Sound has the highest tides in Australia, and amongst the highest in the world, reaching a maximum tidal range of 11.8 metres at Derby. The tidal range and water dynamic were researched in 1997–1998.

The Fraser River is a river in the Kimberley region of Western Australia.

People

Despite being territorially a coastal people, the Nimanburu refrained from seafaring, and were not known to employ rafts as other contiguous groups in the Kinbg Sound did. [1]

Alternative names

Nyigina Wikipedia disambiguation page

The Nyikina people are an indigenous Australian people of northern Western Australia. They come from the lower Fitzroy River.

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