The Maridjabin (''Maridan'') or ''Marrisjabin,'' were 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 ...
.
Language
Marridjabin is a dialect of
Marrithiyel, one of the
Western Daly languages
The Western Daly languages are a small family of Australian aboriginal languages that share common grammatical forms. They are:
*Western Daly
** Maranunggu (Emmi; Menhthe dialect)
** Marrithiyel (Bringen: Marri Ammu, Marritjevin, Marridan, M ...
.
Country
The Maridjabin's territory occupied some predominantly of swampland at mouth of the
Moyle River
The Moyle River is a river in the Northern Territory, Australia.
Course
The river rises on a plateau area near the Wingate Mountains and flows in a north westerly direction through mostly uninhabited country through a narrow valley then across t ...
and along the coast near Cape Dombey, and the hinterland for about 20 miles east of that coast.
Alternative names
* ''Murindjabin'' (
exonym
An endonym (also known as autonym ) is a common, name for a group of people, individual person, geographical place, language, or dialect, meaning that it is used inside a particular group or linguistic community to identify or designate them ...
applied to them by the
Murrinh-Patha)
* ''Murintjabin''
* ''Murintjaran''
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Aboriginal peoples of the Northern Territory