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(Redirected from Kunibídji) Aboriginal Australian people of Arnhem Land

The Gunavidji people, also written Kunibidji and Kunibídji and also known as the Ndjébbana, are an Aboriginal Australian people of Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory.

Language

Main article: Djeebbana language

The Gunavidji speak Ndjébbana, which is one of the Maningrida languages.

Country

Gunavidji traditional lands extend over some 500 square miles (1,300 km) 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.

Alternative names

  • Gunaviji
  • Gunawitji
  • Gunabidji
  • Gunabwidji
  • Gunjibidji
  • Witji

Notes

Citations

  1. Keen 1982, p. 661.
  2. ^ Tindale 1974, p. 225.

Sources

Aboriginal peoples in the Northern Territory
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Northern Territory
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South Australia
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