Djowei

The Djowei are an indigenous Australian people of the Northern Territory.[1]

Country

The Djowei had an estimated 1,700 square miles (4,400 km2) of tribal land consisting of some 1,200 square miles (3,100 km2) inland east of the Adelaide River. They lay between the Awarai and Djerimanga.[2]

Alternative names

Notes

Citations

  1. ^ Spencer 1914, pp. 277–278.
  2. ^ a b Tindale 1974, p. 224.

Sources

  • Spencer, Baldwin (1914). Native tribes of the Northern Territory of Australia (PDF). London: Macmillan Publishers.
  • Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Djowei (NT)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-708-10741-6. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020.
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