Gadjalivia

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The Gadjalivia were an indigenous Australian people of Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory. They are now regarded as extinct.

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Language

Arthur Capell classified the Gadjalivia language (Gudjälavia) as a dialect of Burarra. [1]

Country

Norman Tindale estimated that their lands encompassed some 200 square miles (520 km2), [2] inland to the west of the Blyth River. [3]

History

Following a drastic reduction in their numbers, remnants of the tribe, surviving around the Csdell River, are said to have been assimilated into the Nagara. [2]

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