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Dalabon people
The Dalabon or Dangbon are an Australian Aboriginal people of the Northern Territory.
The Dalabon language is classified among the far East Arnhem Land language group, and as belonging to the Gunwinyguan language family. It is under severe threat of extinction.
At the time of European colonialisation, the tribal territory of the Dalabon is thought to have covered some 2,000 square miles (5,200 km2), in south-western Arnhem Land. The anthropologist, Norman Tindale, placed their northern boundary at the upper Goyder River, and their heartland around the headwaters of the Phelp, Rose and Hart rivers. Linguistics scholar, Maïa Ponsonnet, states that, before the colonial period, the Dalbon people were located in Central Arnhem Land, with clan estates extending further north in the direction of the Arafura Sea.
Their immediate tribal environment consisted of several peoples: the Jawoyn to their southwest, Kune and Mayali speakers of the Bininj Kunwok dialect chain on their west-north western boundaries, the Ngalakgan on their southern frontier, and the Rembarrnga beyond their eastern limits.
The Dalabon today mainly live in an area east of Katherine, in Wugularr (formerly Beswick), Barunga (formerly Bamyili), Bulman and Weemol.
Traditionally, the people now called Dalabon had no collective name for themselves, and the term itself derives from the language spoken by members of the community.
Alternative names include:
Anthropologist Norman Tindale posited the existence of a "tribe", the Dangbon, whom he considered distinct from the Dalabon; however, he was unable to provide an estimate for their tribal lands, other than locating these Dangbon to the east of the Liverpool River's headwaters and at those of the Cadell and Mann Rivers. He also provided a list of alternative names for this group:
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Dalabon people
The Dalabon or Dangbon are an Australian Aboriginal people of the Northern Territory.
The Dalabon language is classified among the far East Arnhem Land language group, and as belonging to the Gunwinyguan language family. It is under severe threat of extinction.
At the time of European colonialisation, the tribal territory of the Dalabon is thought to have covered some 2,000 square miles (5,200 km2), in south-western Arnhem Land. The anthropologist, Norman Tindale, placed their northern boundary at the upper Goyder River, and their heartland around the headwaters of the Phelp, Rose and Hart rivers. Linguistics scholar, Maïa Ponsonnet, states that, before the colonial period, the Dalbon people were located in Central Arnhem Land, with clan estates extending further north in the direction of the Arafura Sea.
Their immediate tribal environment consisted of several peoples: the Jawoyn to their southwest, Kune and Mayali speakers of the Bininj Kunwok dialect chain on their west-north western boundaries, the Ngalakgan on their southern frontier, and the Rembarrnga beyond their eastern limits.
The Dalabon today mainly live in an area east of Katherine, in Wugularr (formerly Beswick), Barunga (formerly Bamyili), Bulman and Weemol.
Traditionally, the people now called Dalabon had no collective name for themselves, and the term itself derives from the language spoken by members of the community.
Alternative names include:
Anthropologist Norman Tindale posited the existence of a "tribe", the Dangbon, whom he considered distinct from the Dalabon; however, he was unable to provide an estimate for their tribal lands, other than locating these Dangbon to the east of the Liverpool River's headwaters and at those of the Cadell and Mann Rivers. He also provided a list of alternative names for this group: