Kuwarranyji
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Not to be confused with Gurindji people.
Indigenous Australian people
The Kwarandji are an indigenous Australian people of the Northern Territory.
Language
[edit ]The Kuwarranyji speak a dialect of the Mudburra language.[1]
Country
[edit ]In Norman Tindale's estimation, the Kuwarranyji's lands extended over some 7,500 square miles (19,000 km2), taking in the district of Daly Waters, reaching westwards to the vicinity of Illawarra Springs and Mount Wollaston. The southern quarter went as far south as Newcastle Waters on the Sturt Plateau. They lived north of the Tjingili.[2]
Alternative names
[edit ]- Kwaranjee
- Kooringee
- Coorinji
- Goarango
- Gurindji[2]
Notes
[edit ]Citations
[edit ]- ^ C35:Kuwarranyji.
- ^ a b Tindale 1974, p. 229.
Sources
[edit ]- "C35: Kuwarranyji". AUSTLANG . 26 July 2019. Archived from the original on 2023年03月06日. Retrieved 2023年03月05日.
- Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Kwarandji (NT)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University Press. ISBN 978-0-708-10741-6. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020.