Muringura (NT)

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Location: East of Macadam Range and on the coastal swamps at the mouth of the Fitzmaurice River; east to about 130°10'E; north to Moyle River divide. Today the people are grouped with the Murinbata with whom they have mixed, but their speech shows a dialectic difference.

Co-ordinates: 129°55'E x 14°40'S

Area: 800 sq. m. (2,100 sq. km.)

References: Stanner, 1933, 1934, 1938, 1970 MS; Falkenberg, 1948, 1962.

Alternative Names: Murinkura.

Inventory Listings

Item AA 338/18/07 - Darwin (3109)

Item AA 338/26/45/1-3 - NB Tindale's 'rough analysis'

Item AA 338/26/52/1-3 - Letter and annotated map from WEH Stanner to NB Tindale relating to the distribution of Northern Territory 'tribes'