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The Wandjira were an indigenous Australian people of the Northern Territory.

Country

Area: 5,300 sq. m. (13,800 sq. km.). On Inverway Station north to the edge of the plateau near Mount Rose; west to Kulungulan on Western Australia border; south to the rough sandstone country at about lat. 18°40'; east to near Mount Farquharson. At Munbu on upper Negri River. Survivors today live principally at Inverway and Birrindudu Stations

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Sources

  • McGregor, William B. (2013). The Languages of the Kimberley, Western Australia. Routledge. ISBN 9781134396023. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Senge, Chikako (2015). A Grammar of Wanyjirra, a language of Northern Australia (PDF). Australian National University. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Wandjira (NT)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)