Marijedi Explained

See also: Marijedi language.

The Marijedi (Mariyedi) are an indigenous Australian people of the Northern Territory.

Country

The Marijedi's territory, predominantly swampland, covered an estimated 200mi2, extending westwards from Mount Greenwood, and reaching north toward Cape Scott.

Alternative names

• Murijadi (a Murrinh-Patha exonym applied to the Marijedi).

Notes

Citations

Sources

• Book: Falkenberg, Johannes . Kin and Totem: Group Relations of Australian Aborigines in the Port Keats District . 1962 . Allen & Unwin.
• Book: Tindale, Norman Barnett . Marijedi (NT) . 1974 . Norman Tindale . Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names . . http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/marijedi.htm . 20 March 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200320020206/http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/marijedi.htm . 978-0-708-10741-6.