Marulta Explained

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.

Country

The Marulta were a people of Lake Barrolka, with, according to Norman Tindale, an estimated 3700mi2 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.

Alternative name

• Marula
• Marunga
• Marrulha

Notes

Citations

Sources

• Web site: AIATSIS map of Indigenous Australia . . 3 June 2015 . .
• Book: Breen, Gavan . Salvage Studies of Western Queensland Aboriginal Languages . Gavan Breen . 1990 . . 978-0-858-83401-9 .
• Book: Dixon, Robert M. W. . Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development . Robert M. W. Dixon . 2002 . 1 . . 978-0-521-47378-1 .
• Book: Howitt, Alfred William . The native tribes of south-east Australia . Alfred William Howitt . 1904 . .
• Legends of the Dieri and kindred tribes of Central Australia . Howitt . Alfred William . Siebert . Otto . Alfred William Howitt . . January–June 1904 . 34 . 100–129 . 10.2307/2843089 . 2843089 .
• Book: Tindale, Norman Barnett . Marulta (QLD) . Norman Tindale . 1974 . Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names . Australian National University Press . http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/marulta.htm . 978-0-708-10741-6 .