Muringura people
The Muringura, or Murrinh-Kura, were an
indigenous Australian people of the Northern Territory
.
Country
According to Norman Tindale's estimate, the Muringura had some 800 sq. miles of territory in the area east of the Macadam Range, and running along the coastal swamps bordering the around at the mouth of the Fitzmaurice River. Their northern borders lay on the Moyle River divide.[1]
People and language
The Muringura spoke a distinct dialect, traces of which remain in the speech of descendants, after their group was assimilated into the larger Murrinh-Patha group. .[1]
Alternative names
- Murinkura.
Notes
Citations
- ^ a b Tindale 1974, p. 232.
References
- Falkenberg, Johannes (1962) [First published 1948]. Kin and Totem: Group Relations of Australian Aborigines in the Port Keats District. George Allen & Unwin.
- JSTOR 40327457.
- JSTOR 27976164.
- JSTOR 40327703.
- ISBN 978-0-708-10741-6.