Limilngani

The Limilngan, also called Minitja or Buneidja, are an Aboriginal Australian people of the country east of Darwin. Norman Tindale placed their territory on the western side of the South Alligator River along Coirwong Creek, around the lower Mary River between Mount Bundey and Point Stuart. Their language shared its name with the people.

In local Dreamtime lore the founding woman Imberombera walked south across the sea, landed at Malay Bay and, heavy with child, left spirit children and the languages of each land along her path; a Limilngan narrative tells of the old creator Wanyjuwanyjuwa journeying from Oenpelli toward Darwin with three mermaid sisters.