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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Maung of Australia

The Maung of Australia, numbering approximately 850 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Aboriginal Australian people of the Goulburn Islands whose distinctive Iwaidjan language, seasonal ecological knowledge, and coastal‑island lifeways remain strong today. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Maung is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3 Flash: Maung

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Pacific Islander Peoples
Country: Australia
People Cluster: Aboriginal Australians
Primary Language(s): Maung (mph)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 850
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG007998
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

29%
%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Maung
Language Family: Iwaidjan Proper

44%
%
Maung Speakers

Media Resources in Maung:

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Bible Resources in Maung:

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Maung are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the Maung:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Maung of Australia

If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
read1 John 1:9

Pray that God, who is faithful and just, will open the eyes of those who are lost and draw them to confess their sins and trust in Him to grant forgiveness.

The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.
readIsaiah 40:8

Pray that everyone has access to God's Word and that those who hear the good news will turn from their sins and put their faith in Jesus the Messiah.

Jesus said, ‘Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands, for my sake and for the gospel, who will not receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and in the age to come eternal life.
readMark 10:29-30

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will know that when they make sacrifices to follow Jesus, He is there with them and will bless them abundantly in this life and in the life to come.

Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst. But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe."
readJohn 6:35-36

Praise God for the things such as bread that He has provided as natural conversation bridges to the gospel. Pray that believers will use any bridges He provides to share the gospel with those who do not yet know the good news.

Maung Across Countries (ROP3 - 106413) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▲Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
MaungPG007998MaungAustralia850No Longer UnreachedMaungProtestantism

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