Marrithiyal people
The Marrithiyal, also written Marrithiel, are an
History
Their traditional grounds lay south-west of Darwin, in the heart of Litchfield National Park, in an area which is known as Woolaning, Rakula. Like a dozen other tribes, as the white invasion got underway in the 1880s, the local tribes travelled between Litchfield and the Western Daly region with their remnants either dispersed or crammed into smaller outstations. Many Marrithiel, as the tribe spread out into a variety of locations, some shifting to neighbouring lands, others taking up jobs in Darwin, or working as stockmen on their country
Strong alliances existed between the Marrithiyal-Marringar cluster, bundled together as a coalition of neighbouring tribes, sharing ceremony, songlines and resources.[5]
Language
Mythology
In the Marrithiyal version of the
Suburb of Darwin
The suburb of Brinkin in Darwin is named after this group.[12]
References
Citations
- ^ a b Grimes 2003, p. 415.
- ^ Tryon 1974, p. 70.
- ^ a b c Stanner 1938, p. 101.
- ^ a b Stanner 1938, p. 102.
- ^ Stanner 2011, pp. 19ff, 39.
- ^ Frazer 2000, p. 50.
- ^ Dixon 2002, p. xli.
- ^ Green 1989, p. 1.
- ^ Green 1989, p. 8.
- ^ Tindale 1974, p. 231.
- ^ Maddock 1978, p. 6.
- ^ Northern Territory Lands Group (21 June 2007). "The origin of suburbs, localities, towns and hundreds in the Greater Darwin area". Archived from the original on 23 January 2008. Retrieved 15 December 2007.
Brinkin is named after an Aboriginal tribe who inhabited an area to the south of the Daly River mouth.
Sources
- ISBN 978-0-521-47378-1.
- ISBN 978-0-700-71338-7.
- Green, Ian (September 1989). Marrithiyel, a language of the Daly River region of Australia's Northern Territory (PDF). ANU PhD.
- Grimes, Barbara Dix (2003). "Daly Languages". In Frawley, William (ed.). International Encyclopedia of Linguistics: AAVE-Esperanto. Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). ISBN 978-0-195-13977-8.
- ISBN 978-3-110-80716-5.
- JSTOR 40327703.
- ISBN 978-1-921-87018-7.
- Tindale, Norman (1974). "Marithiel (NT)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University.
- ISBN 978-0-858-83106-3.