The Mudburra, also spelt Mudbara and other variants, are an
Aboriginal Australian
Aboriginal Australians are the various indigenous peoples of the Australian mainland and many of its islands, excluding the ethnically distinct people of the Torres Strait Islands.
Humans first migrated to Australia 50,000 to 65,000 year ...
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
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 ...
is one of the far eastern forms of the
Pama-Nyungan Ngumbin languages
Ngumpin languages are a small language family of Australia, consisting of (from west to east):
*Walmajarri
* Djaru
* Gurindji (Gurindji proper, Bilinarra, Wanyjirra, Malngin, Ngarinyman)
*Mudburra
In 2004 it was demonstrated that Ngumpin is re ...
.
Country
The Mudburra people live in the thick scrub area near and west of the
Murranji Track (the Ghost Road of the Drovers) and held in
Tindale's estimation some of land, centered on the junction of the Armstrong River
Armstrong River
/ref> and the upper Victoria River at a place called ''Tjambutjambulani''. Their northern reach ran as far as Top Springs
Top Springs is a town and locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located about south of the territory capital of Darwin at the junction of the Buchanan and Buntine highways. At the 2021 census, Top Springs had a population of 11
Top ...
, their frontier to the south lay a
Cattle Creek
In an east–west axis, their land extended from near Newcastle Waters
Newcastle Waters is a town and locality off the Stuart Highway in the Northern Territory. It is classified as a ghost town that contains a number of preserved historic buildings, including Jones's Store and the Junction Hotel.
Geography
no ...
to the Camfield River.
Alternative names
* ''Madbara''
* ''Moodburra, Mootburra''
* ''Mudbara''
* ''Mudbera''
* ''Mudbra''
* ''Mudbura''
* ''Mudburra''
* ''Mulpira'' (Iliaura
The Alyawarre, also spelt Alyawarr and also known as the Iliaura, are an Aboriginal Australian people, or language group, from the Northern Territory. The Alyawarre are made up of roughly 1,200 associated peoples and actively engage in local tra ...
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 ...
)
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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
The Malngin are an Aboriginal Australian people of the Kimberley region of Western Australia. The Malngin language was a dialect of Gurindj.
Country
Norman Tindale estimated their tribal lands to have encompassed some and placed their western ...
, 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 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
*Wave Hill walk-off
The Wave Hill walk-off, also known as the Gurindji strike, was a walk-off and strike by 200 Gurindji stockmen, house servants and their families, starting on 23 August 1966 and lasting for seven years. It took place at Wave Hill, a cattle stati ...
, in which Mudbara workers joined the Gurindji strike in 1967
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Aboriginal peoples of the Northern Territory