Larakia (NT)

LocationFrom Finniss River and Fog Bay northeast to about Gunn Point west of the mouth of Adelaide River; inland to a point 10 miles (16 km.) north of Rum Jungle; at Darwin, Southport, Bynoe Harbour, and Howard River. Crauford (1895) mentions several hordes that he calls 'families.'
Co-ordinates130°45'E x 12°35'S
Area1,500 sq. m. (3,900 sq. km.)
ReferencesGoyder, 1869; Sturt in Taplin, 1879; Little in Fison and Howitt, 1880; Foelsche, 1881, 1895; Coppinger, 1883; Foelsche in Curr, 1886; East, 1889; Mackillop, 1893; Parkhouse, 1895, 1896; Crauford, 1895; Basedow, 1907, 1925; Eylmann, 1908; Spencer, 1914; Dahl, 1926; Capell, 1939, 1940, 1956, 1965; Tindale, 1940.
Alternative NamesLarrakia, Larakiya, Larakeeyah, Larrakiya, Larrakeah, Larrakeeyah, Larrakiha, Laragia, Larragea, Larrekiya, Larrakeeha, Larreekeeyah, Larikia, Larrikia, Larrikiya, Larriquia, Binnimiginda (coastal hordes), Gunmajerrumba (inland hordes), Marri (a southern horde).
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