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Maung (NT)


Location	Goulburn Islands and on the coast opposite; east to King River, Braithwaite Point, and Junction Bay; west to Sandy and Angularli creeks but chiefly along the coast. They have matrilineal inheritance and do not practice circumcision. North Goulburn Island people are called Manangari. Note that the Gaari, a recently extinct group on Howard Island, are considered to have been a separate tribe but may have been a horde of this tribe.
Co-ordinates	133°30'E x 11°45'S
Area	500 sq. m. (1,300 sq. km.)
References	Jennison, 1927 and MS; Radcliffe-Brown, 1930; Warner, 1937; Capell, 1940, 1956, 1965; Berndt and Berndt, 1951, 1964; Lockwood, 1962; Oates et al., 1964; Pittman et al., 1964; C. Berndt, 1965.
Alternative Names	Mauung, Mau, Manangari, Gunmarang (Gunwinggu term).
This information is reproduced from NB Tindale's Aboriginal Tribes of Australia (1974). Please be aware that much of the data relating to Aboriginal language group distribution and definition has undergone revision since 1974. Please note also that this catalogue represents Tindale's attempt to depict Aboriginal tribal distribution at the time of European contact.

Collection AA338 Norman Barnett Tindale
Series AA338/15 - Maps - Expeditions, field work and personal research (not including South East of South Australia) 'D.6 - Darwin' (Northern Territory) Identifier AA 338/15/99 Date 1953 - 1959, dates in annotations; map printed 1949 Quantity 1 map, 54.0x76.5 cm Series AA338/18 - Maps - 'World Aeronautical Chart series' Cape Wessel (3098) Identifier AA 338/18/04 Date 1963 - c. 1974, from date of printing through approximate period map was used Quantity 1 map, 51.5x76.5 cm Roper River (3110) Identifier AA 338/18/08 Date 1958 - c. 1974, from date of printing through approximate period map was used Quantity 1 map, 51.5x76.5 cm
Collection AA346 Board for Anthropological Research
Series AA346/04 - Sociological, Anthropological, Vital Statistics and ACER data recorded onto cards by Board for Anthropological Research expedition members, 1923-1963. University of California at Los Angeles and University of Adelaide Anthropological Expedition sociological and anthropological data cards Identifier AA 346/4/22 Date 2 December 1952 - 7 August 1954 Quantity 176 cm, 4 card series; cards 20.5 x 12.7 cm
Collection AA689 Joseph Benjamin Birdsell
Series AA689/09 - Anthropometric data cards from Board for Anthropological Research expeditions and cranial data cards recorded at numerous institutions The University of California at Los Angeles and University of Adelaide Anthropological Data Cards, 1952-54. Identifier AA 689/9/17 Date 1952 - 1954, dates in annotations Quantity 64 cm, 3 Albox boxes and one black folder with index