Marridan Explained

The Maridan were an indigenous Australian people of the Northern Territory.

Language

Maridan belongs to the Western branch of the Daly River language family

Country

The Maridan's land extended over some 100mi2, inland, along the marshlands north of the middle section of the Moyle River.

Alternative names

• Murindan.

Notes

Citations

Sources

• Book: Falkenberg, Johannes . Kin and Totem: Group Relations of Australian Aborigines in the Port Keats District . 1962 . First published 1948 . .
• The Daly River Tribes: a Report of Field Work in North Australia . Stanner . W. E. H. . William Edward Hanley Stanner . . 3 . 4 . 377–405 . 40327429 . June 1933a . 10.1002/j.1834-4461.1933.tb01674.x .
• Ceremonial economics of the Mulluk Mulluk and Madngella tribes of the Daly River . Stanner . W. E. H. . William Edward Hanley Stanner . . 4 . 2 . 156–175 . 40327457 . December 1933b . 10.1002/j.1834-4461.1933.tb00098.x .
• A Note on Djamindjung Kinship and Totemism . Stanner . W. E. H. . William Edward Hanley Stanner . . 6 . 4 . 441–451 . 40327576 . December 1933c . 10.1002/j.1834-4461.1936.tb00204.x .
• Book: Tindale, Norman Barnett . Maridan (NT) . Norman Tindale . Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names . 1974 . . http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/maridan.htm . 20 March 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200320020206/http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/maridan.htm . 978-0-708-10741-6 .