The Muthi Muthi people 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 whose traditional lands are located in the Northern Riverina and Far West regions of

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. The Muthi Muthi are the traditional owners of Nimmie Caira and the Lowbidgee and share custodial rights for

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, Mungo Man and Mungo Lady with the neighbouring Paakantji and

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groups.

Language

The Mati Mati spoke Madhi Madhi, a Kulinic language, and, according to Barry Blake, one of a subgroup, the Mathi languages, of which Matdhi Madhi is the best known. The subgroup includes the related Watiwati Letjiletji languages. What is distinctive about it compared to the languages spoken by most contiguous peoples is that it lacks

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nouns.

Country

The Muthi Muthi lands stretched over an estimated 2,200 sq. m. (.), taking in the

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in the area of

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, with their southwestern boundary on the

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. Their western extension ran cloise by to Lake Benanee. Their northern reaches lay to the west of Carrawatha]. Modern towns encompassed by their territory are Booligal, Oxley, Maude,

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, Clare, Kyalite, Tooleybuc, Koraleigh and Euston. Running clockwise, their neighbours were the Parrintyi to the north, the YitaYita northeast, the Nari-Nari to the east, the

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on their southern flank, the Dadi Dadi on their southwestern frontier, and the Kureinji to their west. Archaeological investigation has confirmed a tribal boundary in this location as this is the last known location of Muthi Muthi burial mounds., Martin, S. 2010. Archaeological Research, Characterisation and Predictive Modelling Project. DECCW

Alternative names

* ''Bakiin'' * ''Madi-madi'' * ''Mataua'' * ''Matimati'' * ''Matthee-matthee'' * ''Moorta Moorta'' * ''Muti muti'' * ''Mutte Mutte'' * ''Mutti Mutti'' Source: ;

Native title

In 1997 a claim for

Native Title Aboriginal title is a common law doctrine that the land rights of indigenous peoples to customary tenure persist after the assumption of sovereignty under settler colonialism. The requirements of proof for the recognition of aboriginal title, t ...

was made for an area in the south of New South Wales.

Notable people

* Kutcha Edwards, a musician *

Mungo Man Mungo may refer to: People * Mungo (name), a list of people with the given name or surname * Mungo people, an ethnic group in Cameroon Places * Mungo, Angola, a town and municipality * Mungo National Park, Australia * Lake Mungo, Australia * ...

and Mungo Lady * Ballandella and Tourandury * Whitepeeper

Some words

* ''lénghi'' (camp) * ''wanápi'' (fire) * ''wuthúngi'' (man) Source:

Notes

Citations

Sources

* * * * * * {{authority control Aboriginal peoples of New South Wales