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The Awinmul were an
indigenous Australian Indigenous Australians or Australian First Nations are people with familial heritage from, and membership in, the ethnic groups that lived in Australia before British colonisation. They consist of two distinct groups: the Aboriginal peoples o ...
people of the
Northern Territory The Northern Territory (commonly abbreviated as NT; formally the Northern Territory of Australia) is an Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia. The Northern Territory shares its borders with Western Au ...
.


Country

The Awinmul1's traditional lands covered an estimated of land from Brocks Creek to the
Edith River The Edith River is a river of Fiordland, New Zealand. It rises to the west of the Edith Saddle and flows westward into Lake Alice, which drains into George Sound. See also *List of rivers of New Zealand This is a list of all waterways named ...
and the headwaters of the Mary and Fergusson rivers.


History

A long and intense drought struck their region in the early 20th century, resulting in a drastic reduction of the Awinmul. The remnant of survivors were subsequently absorbed by the Wulwulam.


Alternative names

* ''Awinnmull.'' * ''Awinmil.''


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* {{authority control Aboriginal peoples of the Northern Territory