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Maningrida Community |
| Category: | People | |
| Place: | Arnhem Land |
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| State/Country: | Northern Territory, Australia |
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| Maningrida is located on the east bank of Liverpool River estuary approximately 400 kilometres east of Darwin (Burrara Gathering Website, January 2007). |
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Maningrida Community was initially established as a trading post in 1949 (Maningrida Arts and Culture Website, January 2007).
'The traditional owners of the Maningrida area are the Gunibidji, although people from a number of different Arnhem Land groups also live there now, including Burarra, Djinang, Eastern Kunwinjku, Gunnartpa, Gupapuyngu, Gurrgoni, Kunbarlang, Nakkara, Rembarrnga and Wurlaki ' (Burrara Website, January 2007). It has an approximate population of 1700 people (Burrara Website, January 2007). | |
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