Gadjalivia Explained

The Gadjalivia were an indigenous Australian people of Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory. They are now regarded as extinct.

Language

Arthur Capell classified the Gadjalivia language (Gudjälavia) as a dialect of Burarra.

Country

Norman Tindale estimated that their lands encompassed some 200mi2, inland to the west of the Blyth River.

History

Following a drastic reduction in their numbers, remnants of the tribe, surviving around the Csdell River, are said to have been assimilated into the Nagara.

Alternative names

• Gajalivia
• Gudjalibi
• Gudalavia
• Gudjaliba
• Gadjalibi
• Gadjalibir

Notes

Citations

Sources

• Book: Sexual behaviour in Western Arnhem Land . Berndt . Ronald Murray . Berndt . Catherine Helen . Ronald Murray Berndt . Catherine Helen Berndt . 1951 . Johnson Reprint Corporation, New Haven . 16 . Viking Fund Publications in Anthropology .
• Languages of Arnhem Land, North Australia . Capell . A. . Arthur Capell . . 12 . 4 . 364–392 . June 1942 . 10.1002/j.1834-4461.1942.tb00365.x . 40327959 .
• How Some Murngin Men Marry Ten Wives: The Marital Implications of Matrilateral Cross-Cousin Structures . Keen . Ian . Ian Keen . . 17 . 4 . 620–642 . New Series . December 1982 . 10.2307/2802037 . 2802037 .
• Book: Tindale, Norman Barnett . Gadjalivia (NT) . Norman Tindale . Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names . 1974 . . http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/gadjalivia.htm . 20 March 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200320020206/http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/gadjalivia.htm . 978-0-708-10741-6 .