The Mariamo or ''Marri ammu'' are an indigenous Australian people of the
Northern Territory
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Name
The
ethnonym
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''Mariamo/Marri Ammu'' signifies 'plains language'.
Language
Mariamo belongs to the
Western branch
Western may refer to:
Places
*Western, Nebraska, a village in the US
* Western, New York, a town in the US
* Western Creek, Tasmania, a locality in Australia
* Western Junction, Tasmania, a locality in Australia
*Western world, countries that ...
of the
Daly River language family.
Country
The Mariamo tribal lands covered some of swampland south of Mount Greenwood. Their status as an in independent tribe has been maintained by both
W. E. H. Stanner and
Norman Tindale
Norman Barnett Tindale AO (12 October 1900 – 19 November 1993) was an Australian anthropologist, archaeologist, entomologist and ethnologist.
Life
Tindale was born in Perth, Western Australia in 1900. His family moved to Tokyo and lived ther ...
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Aboriginal peoples of the Northern Territory