The Maung people , or Warruwi , are an Aboriginal Australian people living on the Goulburn Islands , in the Arafura Sea off the coast of the Northern Territory .
11-938: Maung may be, Maung people of Australia Maung language Places [ edit ] Batu Maung Vehicle [ edit ] Pindad Maung People [ edit ] Maung, an honorific in Burmese names Maung Maung (disambiguation) Cynthia Maung Maung Khin Kin Maung Win Maung Tin Maung Nay Win Maung Chit Maung Kyi Maung Bawa Maung Saw Maung (painter) Saw Maung Maung Wunna Shwe Maung Thakin Chit Maung Thant Sin Maung Maung Sein Pe Topics referred to by
22-619: A major impact as Iwadja relatives on Croker Island , the Kunibidji in the Maningrida area and the Kunwinjku at Gunbalanya (Oenpelli) learnt it, and in turn it was spread throughout Arnhem Land and the Gulf of Carpentaria . Stringy bark A stringybark can be any of the many Eucalyptus species which have thick, fibrous bark. Like all eucalypts, stringybarks belong to
33-456: A seasonal harvest has also been forthcoming in studies of the Maung. Lamilami's grandfather would gather mungubdi lilies and a tapioca like roots called gurabel and take them to other locations such as billabongs where they would be planted. The same was done with the banyan and cabbage trees , in order to provide shade. The Methodist mission established on the island in 1916 regarded
44-522: A small variety of shark, which abounded at this time, in August; when the waluru' or stringy bark began to flower, it meant that turtles were mating, and, once the blossoms were due to fall, the hunting period for these turtles began. Contrary to widespread perceptions concerning Aboriginal people as a purely hunting and gathering nomadic people, evidence that a number of groups understood and engaged in agriculture, by culling roots and replanting them for
55-534: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Maung people Maung is not one of the majority Pama-Nyungan languages , but belongs to the Iwaidjic subgroup of the Iwaidjan languages , spoken, together with Manangkardi, on Goulburn Island. The language was first described in some detail by Arthur Capell and Heather Hinch. Norman Tindale estimated
66-480: The dry season which concluded in October/ November. The native calendar was fixed by correlating the onset of seasons with minute changes observed in the fauna and flora. The harbinger for the end of the wet season was the peewee , whose arrival signaled that it was time to harvest mawain , a type of water lily root. Brown scum, mangirgirra , on the coastal waters meant it was time to go out and fish for
77-570: The extent of Maung territory at 500 square miles (1,300 km ), covering both the Goulburn Islands and the adjacent coastal lands. Their eastern extension was as far as east to King River , Braithwaite Point and Junction Bay. Their western limits were at the Sandy and Angularli creeks. The seasons were of two basic kinds: the wet season, which lasted until either in May or June, followed by
88-479: The family Myrtaceae . In exceptionally fertile locations some stringybark species (in particular messmate stringybark ( Eucalyptus obliqua ) can be very large, reaching over 80 metres in height. More typically, stringybarks are medium-sized trees in the 10 to 40 metre range. Early European colonists often used the bark for roofing and walls of huts. The term stringybark is a descriptive, vernacular name and does not imply any special taxonomic relationship within
99-438: The genus Eucalyptus . For example, scientists consider Eucalyptus obliqua to not be closely related to the other stringybarks, because of the gumnut shape. And Eucalyptus acmenoides is part of the mahogany group of eucalyptus. Also as the gumnuts are a different shape, despite the bark being somewhat stringy. There are many different species of stringybark, including: Studies have shown that blue-leaved stringybark
110-540: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Maung . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maung&oldid=1112246050 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Burmese names Burmese-language surnames Surnames of Burmese origin Hidden categories: Short description
121-696: The traditional culture as something inimical to the modern Western work ethic they wished to inculcate, and in order to make a breach in the normal patterns of Maung life, with regard to Warruri women, they introduced basketry in 1922. The technique which was introduced however was one derived from observation of the coiling method current among the weavers of the Ngarrindjeri tribe which the Methodist instructor, Gretta Matthews, had learnt of while in Glenelg, South Australia . The mastery of this technique had
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