The Djerimanga also known as the Wulna are an
Indigenous Australian
Indigenous Australians are people with familial heritage from, or recognised membership of, the various ethnic groups living within the territory of contemporary Australia prior to History of Australia (1788–1850), British colonisation. The ...
people of the
Northern Territory
The Northern Territory (abbreviated as NT; known formally as the Northern Territory of Australia and informally as the Territory) is an states and territories of Australia, Australian internal territory in the central and central-northern regi ...
.
Country
Wulna country consisted of some on the coastal plain where the
Adelaide River
The Adelaide River is a river in the Northern Territory of Australia.
Course and features
The river rises in the Litchfield National Park and flows generally northwards to Clarence Strait, joined by eight tributaries including the west branc ...
debouches into the Timor Sea, north to the tip of Cape Hotham, west to Gunn Point and the Coolalinga Region, south to Manton Dam. Including Accacia Aboriginal Community and eastwards as far as
the Mary River floodplains
A floodplain or flood plain or bottomlands is an area of land adjacent to a river. Floodplains stretch from the banks of a river channel to the base of the enclosing valley, and experience flooding during periods of high discharge.Goudie, ...
. Humpty Doo Station, Koolpinyah Station and
Djukbinj National Park are also situated within these traditional boundaries. Historically, the Wulna 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
The Djowei are an indigenous Australian people of the Northern Territory.
Name
TBA.
Country
The Djowei had an estimated of tribal land.country consisted of some inland east of the Adelaide River
The Adelaide River is a river in the North ...
.
Alternative names
* ''Djeramanga, Jermangel''
* ''Waak''
* ''Wulna, Woolna (toponym), Woolnah, Woolner, Wulnar, Wolna''
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Language
The Djerimanga spoke
Wulna (Wuna) an Indigenous language that is now extinct.
Notes
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See also
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Wulna language
Wulna or Wuna is an extinct Indigenous language of Australia. It was a non-Pama-Nyungan language spoken in the Adelaide River region of the Northern Territory. It is poorly attested and only tentatively classified as being related to Limilngan ...
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Aboriginal peoples of the Northern Territory