The Marulta were 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 state of
Queensland
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, nickname = Sunshine State
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, map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia
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, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, established_ ...
,
Australia
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.
Language
The Marulta spoke
Marrulha, one of several dialects of a
Karnic language
The Karnic languages are a group of languages of the Pama–Nyungan family. According to Dixon (2002), these are three separate families, but Bowern (2001) establishes regular paradigmatic connections among many of the languages, demonstrating ...
, similar to
Mithaka.
Country
The Marulta were a people of Lake Barrolka, with, according to
Norman Tindale, an estimated of territory, extending south as far as
Lake Yamma Yamma, and west to the Beal Range. Their northeasterly reach ran to the vicinity of Opalville and
Cooper Creek
The Cooper Creek (formerly Cooper's Creek) is a river in the Australian states of Queensland and South Australia. It was the site of the death of the explorers Burke and Wills in 1861. It is sometimes known as the Barcoo River from one of its t ...
.
Alternative name
* ''Marula''
* ''Marunga''
* ''Marrulha''
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Aboriginal peoples of Queensland