marra lands, in norman tindale's reckoning, covered some from the tidal reaches of the roper river to an area close to the mouth of the | hodgson river. the southern extension ran to the limmen bight river. the eastern flanks ran to the coast and maria island, while to the north they extended as far as edward island. the neighbouring tribes of the marra were the yanyuwa to the east, the alawa on their southern frontier, the mangarayi to the west, the warndarang to the north (with the border around the roper river) and formerly, perhaps the yugul resided to their northwest.