The Murunitja are an indigenous Australian people of Western Australia located within the Goldfields-Esperance region.
Name
The ethnonym Murunitja appears to derive for a word murun, meaning a "stout person", referring to the characteristic build of the tribe.[1]
Language
The Murunitja language is closely related to Mirnung and Ngadjunmaya.
Country
Murunitja country covered about 11,000 square miles (28,000 km2) from the northern edge of the Nullarbor Plain at Naretha to Loongana. They also ranged as far as Rawlinna and the Walawuluna Rockhole.[1]
Alternative names
- Mooroon
- Murnidja
- Mara (?)
- Kogara ('east')[1]
Notes
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