Djerimanga

The Djerimanga, otherwise known as the Wolna, are an indigenous Australian people of the Northern Territory.

Country

Djerimanga country consisted of some 1,200 square miles (3,100 km2) on the coastal plain where the Adelaide River debouches into the Timor Sea, and eastwards as far as the Mary River floodplains. Historically, the Djerimanga had a southern inland extension of their land as far as the Margaret River and the Ringwood Range, but lost it to the eastern Djowei.[1]

Alternative names

  • Djeramanga, Jermangel.
  • Waak.
  • Wulna, Woolna (toponym), Woolnah, Woolner, Wulnar, Wolna.[1]

Notes

    Citations

    1. 1 2 Tindale 1974, p. 224.

    Sources

    • Ford, Lysbeth Julie (1998). A description of the Emmi language of the Northern Territory of Australia (PDF) (Doctoral thesis). Australian National University.
    • Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Djerimanga (NT)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University.
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