Beriguruk Explained

See also: Beriguruk language. The Beriguruk were an indigenous Australian people, now thought to be extinct, of the Northern Territory.

Country

The Beriguruk used to inhabit the area southwards from the mouth of Mary River, mainly on its eastern bank, and running inland, but not frequenting the marshland and beaches of the coastal area, which were in the domain of the Djerimanga. Beriguruk traditional lands extend over some 500mi2.

Alternative names

• Perrigurruk
• Eri, Erei
• Rereri (?) Reveri (typo perhaps)
• Wolna, Woolna, Woolner, Wulnar, Woolnough Wulna
• Wuna
• Birrigarak (Warray exonym).
• Berrigurruk, Berugurruk

Notes

Citations

Sources

• Web site: Beriguruk . 26 July 2019 . . .
• Native tongues in the neighbourhood of Port Darwin . Parkhouse . T. A. . . 1895 . 19 . 1–18 .
• Book: Tindale, Norman Barnett . Beriguruk (NT) . Norman Tindale . 1974 . Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names . . http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/beriguruk.htm . 20 March 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200320020206/http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/beriguruk.htm . 978-0-708-10741-6 .