The Djerimanga, also known as the Wulna, 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 ...
.
Country
Djerimanga country consisted of some on the coastal plain where 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 ...
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
A floodplain or flood plain or bottomlands is an area of land adjacent to a river which stretches from the banks of its channel to the base of the enclosing valley walls, and which experiences flooding during periods of high discharge.Goudi ...
. Humpty Doo Station,
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
* Ko ...
and
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 st ...
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
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.
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.
Alternative names
* ''Djeramanga, Jermangel''
* ''Waak''
* ''Wulna, Woolna (toponym), Woolnah, Woolner, Wulnar, Wolna''
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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 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, b ...
people.
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Aboriginal peoples of the Northern Territory