The Marijedi (Mariyedi) are an indigenous Australian people of the Northern Territory.
Country edit
The Marijedi's territory, predominantly swampland, covered an estimated 200 square miles (520 km2), extending westwards from Mount Greenwood, and reaching north toward Cape Scott.[1]
Alternative names edit
- Murijadi (a Murrinh-Patha exonym applied to the Marijedi).[1]
Notes edit
Citations edit
- ^ a b Tindale 1974, p. 230.
Sources edit
- Falkenberg, Johannes (1962). Kin and Totem: Group Relations of Australian Aborigines in the Port Keats District. Allen & Unwin.
- Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Marijedi (NT)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University Press. ISBN 978-0-708-10741-6.