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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">I had always assumed Karama was from the Top End and Lockwood's account more or less clinches that idea. </p>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">I agree with Felicity about Garama and variants being a Jaminjung term for their northern neighbour. They also calqued e.g. Murrinhkura rendered as Liny Gugu i.e. language (fresh) water. Cannot recall the Jam calque for
Murrinhpatha just now.</p>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">I am inclined to reject WA contenders.</p>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Best wishes</p>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Micahel</p>
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<div style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:13px">Michael Walsh
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> David Nash <david.nash@anu.edu.au><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, 21 November 2018 4:26 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> r-n-l-d@lists.unimelb.edu.au<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [RNLD] Karama - thanks</font>
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<div class="x_moz-cite-prefix">Thanks for the summary Margaret.<br>
A small addition (and supporting the NT source): Lockwood used the 'Karama' spelling in his article in
<i>Walkabout</i> 37.4 (April 1972), 38 <span class="x_cite-item-level"><a class="x_moz-txt-link-freetext OWAAutoLink" href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-751362008" id="LPlnk106278" previewremoved="true">http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-751362008</a></span>
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<a id="LPUrlAnchor_15428372251210.5107409939477945" href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-751362008" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none;">Vol. 37 No. 4 (1 April 1972)
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<blockquote type="cite">I would visit all these tribes if I decided to go: the Mudbra at Victoria River Downs, the Gurindji at Wave Hill, the Karama, the Djamindjun, the Gulawarang, the Wailbri, the Ngaringman, the Wandjira, the Muriwang, the Garanguru, and
the Warramunga: dozens of Aboriginal nations,</blockquote>
By the way, and following Piers Kelly, <a class="x_moz-txt-link-freetext OWAAutoLink" href="https://collection.aiatsis.gov.au/austlang/" id="LPlnk172120" previewremoved="true">
https://collection.aiatsis.gov.au/austlang/</a> is good for info on language and group names and their variants.<br>
David<br>
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On 21/11/18 11:25, Margaret Carew wrote:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34); font-variant-ligatures:normal; orphans:2; widows:2; background-color:rgb(255,254,254)">Thanks to all who responded to my question about the suburb name Karama. I have collated some responses.</span><br>
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