<div dir="ltr">One reason to prefer the Karama = Murrinhpatha interpretation is that all the other Darwin suburbs seem to be named after NT groups.<div><br><div>I'm not sure who chose these names and when, but the name "Garama" seems to have had quite some currency among outsiders referring to the Murrinhpatha in the mid-20th century - e.g. it is used by both Capell and Hale in their fieldnotes.</div></div><div><br></div><div>On the other hand, we might then have expected the suburb to be spelt with a G-, rather than a K-...</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, 21 Nov 2018 at 09:23, David Osgarby <<a href="mailto:david.osgarby@uqconnect.edu.au">david.osgarby@uqconnect.edu.au</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi Margaret,<br>
<br>
Here's a possible lead on "Karama". Brown (1912, 144) records "Karama"<br>
as a western group of the Yindjibarndi people: "The more easterly part<br>
of the Injibandi tribe call themselves Kârama or Korama and are so<br>
spoken of by the Binigura who adjoin them." Tindale (1940, 204) later<br>
references Brown on this: "Loc.: Valley of Fortescue River east of<br>
Millstream. This is also regarded as a westerly (not easterly)<br>
subtribe of the Indjibandi."<br>
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Brown, A. R. 1912. ‘The Distribution of Native Tribes in Part of<br>
Western Australia’. Man 12: 143–46. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2307/2788273" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2307/2788273</a>.<br>
Tindale, Norman B. 1940. ‘Results of the Harvard-Adelaide Universities<br>
Anthropological Expedition, 1938-1939: Distribution of Australian<br>
Aboriginal Tribes: A Field Survey’. Transactions of the Royal Society<br>
of South Australia 64 (1): 231.<br>
<a href="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/129844#page/235/mode/1up" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/129844#page/235/mode/1up</a>.<br>
<br>
David<br>
On Tue, Nov 20, 2018 at 2:26 PM Margaret Carew<br>
<<a href="mailto:margaret.carew@batchelor.edu.au" target="_blank">margaret.carew@batchelor.edu.au</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> Hi<br>
><br>
> Karama is a suburb of Darwin. This is one of a number of suburbs named after Indigenous languages and clan groups.<br>
><br>
> When I consult the NT Placenames register it says this:<br>
><br>
> Karama is a Aboriginal tribal name, one of a number that Douglas Lockwood suggested might be used in 1964.<br>
><br>
> Does anyone have any more information about the provenance of this name?<br>
><br>
> Thanks<br>
><br>
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