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Djaui (WA)
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| | Location | Sunday Island and archipelago; north to West Roe Island; west to Jackson Island; in modern times claim landing rights on the eastern coast of Dampier peninsula between Cunningham Point and Swan Point. Reef dwellers, traveling from island to island on rafts of mangrove poles pegged together. The islands claimed and used are in part determined by the set of the profound tides upon which they depend for locomotion. Plate 3 is relevant. |
| Co-ordinates | 123°10'E x 16°25'S |
| Area | 50 sq. m. (130 sq. km), including reefs. |
| References | Bird, 1909, 1910, 1915-1916, 1926; Bates, 1914; Stuart, 1923; Elkin, 1933, 1936; Petri, 1939; Capell, 1940; Tindale, 1940, 1953 MS; Worms, 1950; Nekes and Worms, 1953; Coate, 1966. |
| Alternative Names | Djawi, Djau, Chowie, Djaoi, Tohawi, Tohau-i (name for main island of Buccaneer Group), Ewenu (native name of Sunday Island), Ewanji, Ewenyoon, I:wanja (another version of name of Sunday Island). |
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 AA338/15 - Maps - Expeditions, field work and personal research (not including South East of South Australia)
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Identifier AA 338/15/101
Date 1954, date in annotation; map printed 1945
Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 55.0x74.5 cm
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Identifier AA 338/15/119
Date 1953, date in annotation; map printed 1949
Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 74.0x95.0 cm
Series AA338/18 - Maps - 'World Aeronautical Chart series'
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Identifier AA 338/18/15
Date 1965 - 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 338/23/6
Date c. 1940 - c. 1974, approximate date range - map undated
Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 40.0x54.5 cm
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Identifier AA 338/23/7
Date c. 1940 - c. 1974, approximate date range - map undated
Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 33.5x51.0 cm
Series AA338/26 - 'Manuscript Documents on Tribes'
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Identifier AA 338/26/23/1-3
Date 24 December 1959
Quantity 0.01 cm, 3 pages
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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 346/4/22
Date 2 December 1952 - 7 August 1954
Quantity 176 cm, 4 card series; cards 20.5 x 12.7 cm
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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 689/9/17
Date 1952 - 1954, dates in annotations
Quantity 64 cm, 3 Albox boxes and one black folder with index
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