The Malngin are an
Aboriginal Australian
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Humans first migrated to Australia 50,000 to 65,000 year ...
people of the
Kimberley
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Places and historical events
Australia
Queensland
* Kimberley, Queensland, a coastal locality in the Shire of Douglas
South Australia
* County of Kimberley, a cadastral unit in South Australia
Ta ...
region of
Western Australia
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. The
Malngin language was a dialect of
Gurindj.
Country
Norman Tindale
Norman Barnett Tindale AO (12 October 1900 – 19 November 1993) was an Australian anthropologist, archaeologist, entomologist and ethnologist. He is best remembered for his work mapping the various tribal groupings of Aboriginal Australians ...
estimated their tribal lands to have encompassed some and placed their western frontier at Flecker
Creek on the upper
Ord River
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The lower Ord River and the confluence with Cambridge Gulf create the most northern estuarine environment in ...
. Their north-northeastern extension ran to Lissadell, Rosewood, and the
Argyle Downs
Argyle Downs is a pastoral lease and cattle station located about south east of Kununurra in the Kimberley region near the border of Western Australia and Northern Territory. It is operated by the Consolidated Pastoral Company.
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. Their western boundaries lay around the eastern scarp of the Carr Boyd Range at
Carlton Gorge. Their eastern reach ran only so far as the Ord River valley and the lower
Negri River. The southern frontier was marked by the junction where the
Nicholson River meets the Ord River.
Their neighbours were the
Miriwung to their north, and running clockwise, on their eastern wing, in what is now the
Northern Territory
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, were the
Mariu. The
Djaru
The Djaru people are an Aboriginal Australian people of the southern Kimberley region of Western Australia.
Language
Djaru is a member of the Ngumbin language family, and is related to Walmajarri.
Country
The Djaru people ranged along Margar ...
lay directly south, and the
Gija were along their western flank, with the border between the two running north along the track from
Halls Creek
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Halls may also refer to:
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* Walter Halls (1871–1953), British trade unionist and politician
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* Julian Halls (born 1967), British field hockey player
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to
Wyndham Wyndham may refer to:
*Wyndham (name), a surname and given name
Places Australia
*City of Wyndham, an LGA (local government area) in Victoria
* Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley, a LGA in Western Australia
* Wyndham Important Bird Area, Western Aust ...
.
Alternative names
Alternative names for Malngin are:
* ''Malgin''
* ''Malngjin''
See also
*
Ngumpit
The Gurindji () are an Aboriginal Australian people of northern Australia, southwest of Katherine in the Northern Territory's Victoria River region.
Country
The Gurindji people live on an estimated of land. The land is situated on the headw ...
, a name used by the
Gurindji, Malngin,
Bilinara
The Bilinarra, also spelt Bilingara and Bilinara, are an Aboriginal Australian people of the Northern Territory.
Language
The Bilinarra language is classified as an eastern variety of one of the Pama-Nyungan Ngumbin languages. It is mutually ...
,
Mudburra
The Mudburra, also spelt Mudbara and other variants, are an Aboriginal Australian people of the Northern Territory.
Language
Mudburra is one of the far eastern forms of the Pama-Nyungan Ngumbin languages.
Country
The Mudburra people live i ...
and
Ngarinyman
The Ngarinman or Ngarinyman people are an Aboriginal Australian people of the Northern Territory who spoke the Ngarinyman language.
Country
According to an estimate made by Norman Tindale, the Ngarinman held some of territory. Their central do ...
peoples to refer to themselves as a group
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