Miriwung

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Miriwung is an Aboriginal Australian people whose traditional lands lie in the East Kimberley region of Western Australia and parts of the Northern Territory.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Miriwung canonical 2
Miriwung Gajerrong 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Aboriginal Australian people
Indigenous people of Australia
affectedBy construction of Ord River Irrigation Scheme
pastoral expansion in the Kimberley
associatedWithRiver Ord River
associatedWithWaterBody Lake Argyle region
linked to: Lake Argyle area
country Australia
hasAlternativeName Miriwoong
linked to: Miriwong

Miriwung Gajerrong
linked to: Miriwung

Mirriwong
linked to: Miriwong
hasArtTradition rock art and body painting
hasContemporaryOrganization Kimberley Land Council (as representative body)
Miriuwung Gajerrong Corporation
hasCulturalKnowledge detailed ecological knowledge of East Kimberley country
hasCulturalPractice ceremonial law
complex kinship system
totemic affiliations
hasCulturalRegion Kimberley region
hasCustomaryLaw traditional law governing land and kinship
hasLanguage Miriwoong language
hasLanguageRevitalizationEffort community language programs in Kununurra region
hasLanguageStatus endangered
hasNativeTitleClaims Miriuwung-Gajerrong native title area
hasNeighbouringPeople Djaru
Gajirrabeng
Gurindji
linked to: Gurindji people

Kija
Malngin
hasOralTradition Dreaming stories connected to Ord River country
hasPopulationTrend disrupted by colonisation and displacement
isRecognizedAs Traditional Owners of parts of East Kimberley
languageFamily Jarrakan languages
locatedIn Northern Territory
Western Australia
mainSettlementRegion around Kununurra
partOf Kimberley Aboriginal peoples
region East Kimberley
religion Australian Aboriginal spirituality
traditionalLifestyle hunter-gatherer
traditionalTerritory East Kimberley region of Western Australia
parts of the Northern Territory
usesLanguageIn ceremony
song cycles
storytelling

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Miriwung hasAlternativeName Miriwung Gajerrong
linked to: Miriwung