Gunwinggu


The Gunwinggu people are an Australian Aboriginal people, one of several groups within the Bininj people, who live around West Arnhem Land to the east of Darwin, Northern Territory. Kunwinjku people generally refer to themselves as "Bininj" in much the same way that Yolŋu people refer to themselves as "Yolŋu".

Language

They traditionally speak the Kunwinjku language.

Country

Their original heartland is said to have been in the hilly terrain south of Goulburn Island and their frontier with the Maung running just south of . Their northern extension approached Sandy Creek, while they were also present south-east at the head of and part of the King River. In Norman Tindale's scheme, the Kunwinjku were allotted a tribal territory of around in the area south of and on the headwaters of the East Alligator River. The Gumader swamps near Junction Bay and the creeks east of Oenpelli/Awunbelenja also formed part of their land.

Alternative names

Dzamalag was a form of ritualised ceremonial exchange or bartering practised by the Gunwinggu people.

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