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The Djowei are an
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 ...
people of the
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 ...
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Name

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Country

The Djowei had an estimated of tribal land.country consisted of some inland east of the
Adelaide River The Adelaide River is a river in the Northern Territory of Australia. Course and features The river rises in the Litchfield National Park and flows generally northwards to Clarence Strait, joined by eight tributaries including the west branch ...
. They lay between the
Awarai The Awarai (Warray) are an indigenous Australian people of the Northern Territory. Language The Norwegian explorer Knut Dahl wrote down a short list of vocabulary of the Awarai language. Country The Awarai tribal lands took in some of territ ...
and
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 ...
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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 ...
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* * {{authority control Aboriginal peoples of the Northern Territory