The Gunavidji people, also written Kunibidji and Kunibídji and also known as the Ndjébbana, are an
Aboriginal Australian
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people of
Arnhem Land
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in the
Northern Territory
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.
Language
The Gunavidji speak
Ndjébbana, which is one of the
Maningrida languages.
Country
Gunavidji traditional lands extend over some in and around the valley along the
Liverpool River in and as far at the point where the Tomkinson River flows into the mangrove swamps. Their main base is at
Maningrida township.
Cultural practices
They do not practise
circumcision
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.
Alternative names
* ''Gunaviji.''
* ''Gunawitji.''
* ''Gunabidji.''
* ''Gunabwidji.''
* ''Gunjibidji.''
* ''Witji.''
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Aboriginal peoples of the Northern Territory
Arnhem Land
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