The Djowei are 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 ...
.
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 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 bran ...
. They lay between the
Awarai and
Djerimanga
The Djerimanga, also known as the Wulna, are an indigenous Australian people of the Northern Territory.
Country
Djerimanga country consisted of some on the coastal plain where the Adelaide River debouches into the Timor Sea, north to the tip ...
.
Alternative names
* ''Kumertuo,'' a name shared with the
Jawoyn
The Jawoyn, also written Djauan, are an Australian Aboriginal people living in the Northern Territory of Australia. The Bagala clan are of the Jawoyn people.
Language
Jawoyn, known as Kumertuo, is a non- Pama–Nyungan language that belongs ...
.
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Aboriginal peoples of the Northern Territory