Marulta

The Marulta were an indigenous Australian people of the state of Queensland, Australia.

Language

The Marulta spoke Marrulha, one of several dialects of a Karnic language, similar to Mithaka.[1][2]

Country

The Marulta were a people of Lake Barrolka, with, according to Norman Tindale, an estimated 3,700 square miles (9,600 km2) of territory, extending south as far as Lake Yamma Yamma, and west to the Beal Range. Their northeasterly reach ran to the vicinity of Opalville and Cooper Creek.[3]

Alternative name

Notes

    Citations
    1. Breen 1990, p. 21.
    2. Dixon 2002, p. xxxvii.
    3. Tindale 1974, p. 181.
    4. Howitt & Siebert 1904, p. 124.

    Sources
    • "AIATSIS map of Indigenous Australia". AIATSIS. 3 June 2015.
    • Breen, Gavan (1990). Salvage Studies of Western Queensland Aboriginal Languages. Pacific Linguistics. ISBN 978-0-858-83401-9.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
    • Dixon, Robert M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. Volume 1. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-47378-1.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
    • Howitt, Alfred William (1904). The native tribes of south-east Australia (PDF). Macmillan.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
    • Howitt, Alfred William; Siebert, Otto (January–June 1904). "Legends of the Dieri and kindred tribes of Central Australia". Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. 34: 100–129. JSTOR 2843089.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
    • Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Marulta (QLD)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University Press. ISBN 978-0-708-10741-6.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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