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Djerimanga
The Djerimanga, also known as the Wulna, are an indigenous Australian people of the Northern Territory. Country Djerimanga country consisted of some on the coastal plain where the Adelaide River debouches into the Timor Sea, north to the tip of Cape Hotham, west to Fogg Dam, south to an area including the community at Acacia Larrakia and eastwards as far as the Mary River floodplains. Humpty Doo Station, Koolpinyah Station and Djukbinj National Park are also situated within these traditional boundaries. Historically, the Djerimanga had a southern inland extension of their land as far as the Margaret River and the Ringwood Range, but lost it to the eastern Djowei. Alternative names * ''Djeramanga, Jermangel'' * ''Waak'' * ''Wulna, Woolna (toponym), Woolnah, Woolner, Wulnar, Wolna'' Source: Language Wulna (Wuna) is an extinct indigenous language, formerly of the Djerimanga and Beriguruk The Beriguruk were an indigenous Australian people, now thought to be extinct, of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wulna Language
Wulna (Wuna) is an extinct indigenous language of Australia. It had one speaker left in 1981. It is poorly attested and only tentatively classified as being related to Limilngan. The State Library of New South Wales has an original copy oVocabulary of the Woolner District Dialect, Adelaide River, Northern Territoryby John W. O. Bennett (published in 1869) which it has made available online as scanned images. The book documents the vocabulary and pronunciation of Wulna in general, in addition to place names from the Adelaide River region of Norther Territory. The original copy has been annotated by Paul Foelsche, the first police inspector of Northern Territory, who has added his own words to the vocabulary list, and his own corrections on pronunciation. External links * Paradisec has an open access collection of Gavan Breen Gavan Breen (born 22 January 1935), OAM, also known as J.G. Breen, is an Australian linguist, specialising in the description of Australian Aboriginal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Djowei
The Djowei are an indigenous Australian people of the Northern Territory. Name TBA. Country The Djowei had an estimated of tribal land.country consisted of some inland east of the Adelaide River. They lay between the Awarai and Djerimanga. Alternative names * ''Kumertuo,'' a name shared with the Jawoyn The Jawoyn, also written Djauan, are an Australian Aboriginal people living in the Northern Territory of Australia. The Bagala clan are of the Jawoyn people. Language Jawoyn, known as Kumertuo, is a non- Pama–Nyungan language that belongs t .... Notes Citations Sources * * {{authority control Aboriginal peoples of the Northern Territory ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beriguruk
The Beriguruk were an indigenous Australian people, now thought to be extinct, of the Northern Territory. Country The Beriguruk used to inhabit the area southwards from the mouth of Mary River, mainly on its eastern bank, and running inland, but not frequenting the marshland and beaches of the coastal area, which were in the domain of the Djerimanga The Djerimanga, also known as the Wulna, are an indigenous Australian people of the Northern Territory. Country Djerimanga country consisted of some on the coastal plain where the Adelaide River debouches into the Timor Sea, north to the tip .... Alternative names * ''Perrigurruk'' * ''Eri, Erei'' * ''Rereri,'' (?) ''Reveri'' (typo perhaps). * ''Wolna, Woolna, Woolner, Wulnar, Woolnough Wulna.'' * ''Wuna.'' * ''Birrigarak'' (Warray exonym). * ''Berrigurruk, Berugurruk.'' Notes Citations Sources * * * Aboriginal peoples of the Northern Territory {{NorthernTerritory-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indigenous Australian
Indigenous Australians or Australian First Nations are people with familial heritage from, and membership in, the ethnic groups that lived in Australia before British colonisation. They consist of two distinct groups: the Aboriginal peoples of the Australian mainland and Tasmania, and the Torres Strait Islander peoples from the seas between Queensland and Papua New Guinea. The term Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples or the person's specific cultural group, is often preferred, though the terms First Nations of Australia, First Peoples of Australia and First Australians are also increasingly common; 812,728 people self-identified as being of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander origin in the 2021 Australian Census, representing 3.2% of the total population of Australia. Of these indigenous Australians, 91.4% identified as Aboriginal; 4.2% identified as Torres Strait Islander; while 4.4% identified with both groups. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern Territory
The Northern Territory (commonly abbreviated as NT; formally the Northern Territory of Australia) is an states and territories of Australia, Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia. The Northern Territory shares its borders with Western Australia to the west (129th meridian east), South Australia to the south (26th parallel south), and Queensland to the east (138th meridian east). To the north, the territory looks out to the Timor Sea, the Arafura Sea and the Gulf of Carpentaria, including Western New Guinea and other islands of the Indonesian archipelago. The NT covers , making it the third-largest Australian federal division, and List of country subdivisions by area, the 11th-largest country subdivision in the world. It is sparsely populated, with a population of only 249,000 – fewer than half as many people as in Tasmania. The largest population center is the capital city of Darwin, Northern Territory, Darwin. The archaeological hist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adelaide River, Northern Territory
Adelaide River is a small but historically significant town located at the crossing of the Stuart Highway over the Adelaide River in the Northern Territory of Australia. The town is upstream of the Adelaide and Mary River Floodplains Important Bird Area. , Adelaide River had a population of 353. Adelaide River is part of the Coomalie Shire and is the second largest settlement (after Batchelor) in the local government area. History Pre-European settlement The Kungarrakan and Awarai Aboriginal peoples are acknowledged as the traditional owners of the land surrounding the present day town of Adelaide River. There was little acknowledgement of their connection to the land in the early history of the area, evidenced by the predominantly European place names. Their way of life remained unchanged for many thousands of years prior to settlement. Settlement and railway Adelaide River was first settled by workers who arrived in the area to construct the Overland Telegraph Line. During ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary River (Northern Territory)
The Mary River flows in the Northern Territory of Australia and is a site of the Mary River National Park. Description The river is approximately long and rises about east of Pine Creek. The catchment area is over but is ephemeral and only flows in the wet season, during the dry it is a series of pools and billabongs. The catchment has several small reserve areas forming the Mary River National Park to help protect it. The Arnhem Highway crosses the river near one of the park areas. It also supports multiple land uses including pastoralism, fishing, mining, defence force, tourism, conservation and horticulture. Pastoralism, particularly cattle grazing is the dominant use taking up 63% of the catchment area. The river has a total of ten tributaries including the Little Mary River, MacKinlay River, Bowerbird Creek, Mingloo Creek and Douglas Creek. It has a mean annual outflow of , Its lower reaches form part of the Adelaide and Mary River Floodplains Important Bird Area. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary River National Park
Mary River National Park is an Australian national park located about east and stretching to the southeast of Darwin in the Northern Territory. Geography Mary River National Park incorporates the following areas, some of which are not contiguous to each other. The park consists of four non-contiguous parts: * Alligator Lagoon Conservation Area * Annaburroo Delta Block Conservation Area * Boggy Springs Conservation Area * Jimmy's Creek Conservation Area * Mary River Conservation Reserve * Mary River Crossing Conservation Area * McKinlay River Conservation Area * Opium Creek Conservation Area * Point Stuart Coastal Reserve * Shady Camp Conservation Area * Stuarts Tree Historical Reserve * Swim Creek Conservation Area * Wildman River Conservation Area Overview The Mary River National Park consists of a collection of small reserve areas which protects part of the Mary River catchment. The Mary River is one of eight rivers in the Top End that have large floodplains in their c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koolpinyah Station
Koolpinyah may refer to. * Electoral division of Koolpinyah, a former electorate in the Northern Territory of Australia *Koolpinyah, Northern Territory, a locality * Koolpinyah ephemerovirus, a species of virus – refer List of virus species * Koolpinyah H.S. E.L.G, a World War II airfield in Australia – refer List of Royal Australian Air Force installations *Koolpinyah Station, a pastoral lease in Australia – refer Koolpinyah, Northern Territory __NOTOC__ Koolpinyah is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located about east of the territory capital of Darwin. The locality consists of land bounded to the east by the Adelaide River and in part to the north by the Clarence ... * Koolpinyah threadtail, a species of Australian damselfly {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Djukbinj National Park
Djukbinj National Park is a protected area in the Northern Territory of Australia located about east-south-east of the territory capital of Darwin. The national park was proclaimed on 3 April 1997 over land which has previous protected area status and which was part of the Wulna Land Claim - portion 1386 which was the former Escape Cliffs Historical Reserve, portion 2012 which was the former Cape Hotham Forest Reserve, portion 2017 which was the former Cape Hotham Conservation Reserve, and portions 4498, 4499 and 4707 which were parts of the former Marrakai Conservation Reserve. After the settlement of the land claim, the Limilngan-Wulna Aboriginal Corporation leased the land back to the former Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory for it to use for "the purposes of a national park" following the signing of a joint management agreement on 7 November 1994. Part of the land within the former Escape Cliffs Historical Reserve includes the site of the first attempt by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian National University
The Australian National University (ANU) is a public research university located in Canberra, the capital of Australia. Its main campus in Acton encompasses seven teaching and research colleges, in addition to several national academies and institutes. ANU is regarded as one of the world's leading universities, and is ranked as the number one university in Australia and the Southern Hemisphere by the 2022 QS World University Rankings and second in Australia in the ''Times Higher Education'' rankings. Compared to other universities in the world, it is ranked 27th by the 2022 QS World University Rankings, and equal 54th by the 2022 ''Times Higher Education''. In 2021, ANU is ranked 20th (1st in Australia) by the Global Employability University Ranking and Survey (GEURS). Established in 1946, ANU is the only university to have been created by the Parliament of Australia. It traces its origins to Canberra University College, which was established in 1929 and was integrated into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State Library Of New South Wales
The State Library of New South Wales, part of which is known as the Mitchell Library, is a large heritage-listed special collections, reference and research library open to the public and is one of the oldest libraries in Australia. Established in 1869 its collections date back to the Australian Subscription Library established in the colony of New South Wales (now a States and territories of Australia, state of Australia) in 1826. The library is located on the corner of Macquarie Street, Sydney, Macquarie Street and Memorials to William Shakespeare#Australia, Shakespeare Place, in the Sydney central business district adjacent to the The Domain, Sydney, Domain and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, Royal Botanic Gardens, in the City of Sydney. The library is a member of the National and State Libraries Australia (NSLA) consortium. The State Library of New South Wales building was designed by Walter Liberty Vernon, assisted by H. C. L. Anderson and was built from 1905 to 1910, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
