Marri Tjevin

The Maridjabin (Maridan) or Marrisjabin,^[1] were an indigenous Australian people of the Northern Territory.

Language

Marridjabin is a dialect of Marrithiyel, one of the Western Daly languages.^[1]

Country

The Maridjabin's territory occupied some 300 square miles (780 km²) predominantly of swampland at mouth of the Moyle River and along the coast near Cape Dombey, and the hinterland for about 20 miles east of that coast.^[2]

Alternative names

• Murindjabin (exonym applied to them by the Murrinh-Patha)
• Murintjabin
• Murintjaran^[2]

Notes

Citations

1. Green 1989, p. 8.
2. Tindale 1974, p. 230.

Sources

• Falkenberg, Johannes (1962) [First published 1948]. Kin and Totem: Group Relations of Australian Aborigines in the Port Keats District. George Allen & Unwin.
• Green, Ian (September 1989). Marrithiyel, a language of the Daly River region of Australia's Northern Territory (PDF). ANU PhD.
• Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Maridan (NT)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University Press. ISBN 978-0-708-10741-6. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020.