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The Lardil people, who prefer to be known as Kunhanaamendaa (meaning people of Kunhanhaa, the traditional name for Mornington Island), [1] are an Aboriginal Australian people and the traditional custodians of Mornington Island in the Wellesley Islands chain in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Queensland.
Mornington Island, also known as Kunhanhaa, is an island in the Gulf of Carpentaria in the Shire of Mornington, Queensland, Australia. It is the northernmost and, at 1,018 km 2 (393 sq mi), [ 1 ] the largest of 22 islands that form the Wellesley Islands group.
The Lardil people, who prefer to be known as Kunhanaamendaa (meaning people of Kunhanhaa, their name for Mornington Island), are an Aboriginal Australian people and the traditional owners of Mornington Island. [11] The Lardil language (also known as Gununa, Ladil), is spoken on Mornington Island and on the northern Wellesley Islands. [3]
Lardil, also spelled Leerdil or Leertil, is a moribund language spoken by the Lardil people on Mornington Island (Kunhanha), in the Wellesley Islands of Queensland in northern Australia. [3] Lardil is unusual among Aboriginal Australian languages in that it features a ceremonial register , called Damin (also Demiin).
In the 2001 census, the Shire of Mornington had a population of 934 people, of whom 88.2% were Indigenous (Aboriginal Australian or Torres Strait Islander). [9] In the 2006 census, the Shire of Mornington had a population of 1,032 people. [10] In the 2011 census, the Shire of Mornington had a population of 1,142 people. [11]
Dick was born about 1920 on Langu-narnji Island, joined to Mornington Island by a sandbank at low tide, and part of the North Wellesley Islands group in the Gulf of Carpentaria. He was given the tribal name Goobalathaldin. His mother, Kuthakin, gave birth to him under a clump of Pandanus palms. [3]: 16 His father's name was Kiwarbija. Dick's ...
They mapped their traditional lands in their artwork. [2] Those who are young and fit enough to visit the island still do so. The men and boys visit in family groups to catch turtle and dugong in the waters of the island, and the state school and art centre on Mornington Island are working with Kaiadilt elders to help revive their language and ...
The origin of Damin is unclear. The Lardil and the Yangkaal say that Damin was created by a mythological figure in Dreamtime. [citation needed] Hale and colleagues believe that it was invented by Lardil elders; it has several aspects found in language games around the world, such as turning nasal occlusives such as m and n into nasal clicks, doubling consonants, and the like.