Kuwarranyji Explained

Kuwarranyji should not be confused with Gurindji people.

The Kwarandji are an indigenous Australian people of the Northern Territory.

Language

The Kuwarranyji speak a dialect of the Mudburra language.

Country

In Norman Tindale's estimation, the Kuwarranyji's lands extended over some, taking in the district of Daly Waters, reaching westwards to the vicinity of Illawarra Springs and Mount Wollaston. The southern quarter went as far south as Newcastle Waters on the Sturt Plateau. They lived north of the Tjingili.

Alternative names

• Kwaranjee
• Kooringee
• Coorinji
• Goarango
• Gurindji

Notes

Citations

Sources

• Web site: C35: Kuwarranyji . 2023-03-05 . . 26 July 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230306075709/https://collection.aiatsis.gov.au/austlang/language/c35 . 2023-03-06 . live.
• Book: Tindale, Norman Barnett . Kwarandji (NT) . Norman Tindale . 1974 . Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names . . http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/kwarandji.htm . 20 March 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200320020206/http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/kwarandji.htm. 978-0-708-10741-6 .