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The Maridjabin or Marrisjabin, were an indigenous Australian people of the Northern Territory.

Language

Marridjabin is a dialect of Marrithiyel, one of the Western Daly languages.

Country

The Maridjabin's territory occupied some 300 square miles (780 km2) predominantly of swampland at mouth of the Moyle River and along the coast near Cape Dombey, and the hinterland for about 20 miles east of that coast,

Alternative names

  • Murindjabin. (exonym applied to them by the Murrinh-Patha)
  • Murintjabin.
  • Murintjaran.
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