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Barara (NT)
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| | Location | Coast on both sides of the Blyth River and east to Cape Stewart; inland for about 20 miles (30 km.). They possess a tribelike structure and are endogamous. Hiatt (1965) reported the Gidjingali as a separate tribe living on the eastern side of the area here mapped as Barara territory. They speak a slight dialect of Barara. Reliable data indicates that a strong patrilineal group of Barara people has been on the Blyth River for at least one hundred years. There are five Barara subcommunities (Annette Hamilton, 1970 pers. comm.) similar to small tribes. Each has both Dua and Jiritja moieties and may be up to 70 percent endogamous. Hamilton has listed for me: 1. Anbara (west side of the mouth of the Blyth River). 2. Marawuraba (on the coast to the east of Blyth River). 3. Madia (around Cape Stewart). 4. Maringa (a relict group). 5. Gunadba (Gunaidbe) some sixty persons still living about 20 miles (30 km.) inland on the Blyth River. They did not possess coastal resources. Note that this name has the general meaning of 'Those people,' hence is applied from without the group. Their real name may be Ngapanga. |
| Co-ordinates | 134°40'E x 12°5'S |
| Area | 200 sq. m. (500 sq. km) |
| References | Warner, 1930, 1931, 1937; Radcliffe-Brown, 1930; Capell, 1940, 1942; Jennison in Tindale, 1940; Shepherdson in Tindale, 1940; Thomson, 1946, 1952; Elkin, Berndt and Berndt, 1951; Berndt and Berndt, 1951, 1964; Lockwood, 1962; Hiatt, 1958 MS, 1961 MS, 1964, 1965; Spence, 1964; Oates et al., 1964; Pittman et al., 1964; Peterson, 1970 pers. comm.; Hamilton, 1970 pers. comm. |
| Alternative Names | Barera, Baurera, Burera (pronunciation of easterners), Burara, Barea (typographical error), Burada (a form heard by N. Peterson), Burarra, Gidjingali (general term applied especially to eastern members speaking Barara). |
This information is reproduced from NB Tindale's Aboriginal Tribes of Australia (1974). Please be aware that much of the data relating to Aboriginal language group distribution and definition has undergone revision since 1974. Please note also that this catalogue represents Tindale's attempt to depict Aboriginal tribal distribution at the time of European contact. |
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Series AA338/01 - Bound volumes of expedition and office journals, notes and compilations
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Identifier AA 338/1/15/1
Date 14 October 1936 - 1978?, 14 October 1936-26 October 1939, 1950s, 26 March 1968, 1978
Quantity 5.5 cm, 1 buckram bound volume, 22x26.5 cm, 799 pages, 27 inserts, 1 loose item
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Identifier AA 338/1/37
Date 1938 - 1963, 11 July 1903, 21 August-13 November, December 1938, June & July 1962, 22-29 July 1963
Quantity 6.8 cm, 1 buckram bound journal, 26.5x22.5cm, 3 loose items
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Identifier AA 338/1/43/2
Date 28 October 1954 - 8 February 1964
Quantity 4.1 cm, 1 buckram bound volume, 21.6x26.4cm, 432 pages with 2 inserts and 2 loose items
Series AA338/15 - Maps - Expeditions, field work and personal research (not including South East of South Australia)
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Identifier AA 338/15/99
Date 1953 - 1959, dates in annotations; map printed 1949
Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 54.0x76.5 cm
Series AA338/18 - Maps - 'World Aeronautical Chart series'
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Identifier AA 338/18/4
Date 1963 - c. 1974, from date of printing through approximate period map was used
Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 51.5x76.5 cm
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Identifier AA 338/18/8
Date 1958 - c. 1974, from date of printing through approximate period map was used
Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 51.5x76.5 cm
Series AA338/23 - Maps - Sketch maps showing Aboriginal 'tribes'
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Identifier AA 338/23/1
Date c. 1940 - c. 1974, approximate date range - map undated
Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 35.5x49.0 cm
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Series AA346/04 - Sociological, Anthropological, Vital Statistics and ACER data recorded onto cards by Board for Anthropological Research expedition members, 1923-1963.
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Identifier AA 346/4/20
Date May 1938 - June 1939, some cards have later annotations
Quantity 350 cm, 11 file card drawers containing data cards
Series AA346/09 - Films recorded during the Board for Anthropological expeditions, 1926-1966.
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Identifier AA 346/9/19/1
Date 8 August 1959 - 30 August 1959, dates of expedition
Quantity 7 cm, 2 film items. Formats: 16mm, Betacams, DVDs
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Identifier AA 346/9/19/2
Date 8 August 1959 - 30 August 1959, dates of expedition
Quantity 12.5 cm, 7 film items. Formats: 16mm, Betacams, DVDs
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Series AA689/09 - Anthropometric data cards from Board for Anthropological Research expeditions and cranial data cards recorded at numerous institutions
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Identifier AA 689/9/16
Date 1938 - 1939, dates of expedition
Quantity 166 cm, 41 grey Albox folders
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