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Gunditjmara (VIC)
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| | Location | At Cape Bridgewater and Lake Condah in the west; Caramut and Hamilton in north; Hopkins River in the east; at Warrnambool, Woolsthorpe, Port Fairy, and Portland. Three principal hordes at Lake Condah, Port Fairy, and Woolsthorpe. The name used is the best available. The language name could be an acceptable alternative. |
| Co-ordinates | 142°0'E x 38°5'S |
| Area | 2,700 sq. m. (7,000 sq. km) |
| References | Robinson, 1846 MS; Craig, 1859; Lydiard et al., 1859; Green in Smyth, 1878; McLeod in Smyth, 1878; Musgrove in Smyth, 1878; Smyth, 1878; Stähle in Fison and Howitt, 1880; Dawson, 1881; Howitt, 1885, 1904; Stähle in Howitt, 1885; Curr, 1887; Robertson in Bride, 1898; Semon, 1899; Mathews, 1903 (Gr. 6514), 1904 (Gr. 6451, 6505), 1905 (Gr. 6553); Giglioli, 1911; Tindale, 1940. |
| Alternative Names | Dhauhurtwurru (language name), Ku:nditjmara, Gournditch-mara (['Gu:nditj] = name of Lake Condah ['mara] = ['ma:r] = man), Gurnditschmara, Nil-can-cone-deets, Kuurn-kopan-noot (descriptive language name), Kirurndit, Tourahonong, Weeritch-Weeritch, Ngutuk (means 'thou,' name given by an adjacent tribe), Villiers tribe, Spring Creek tribe (a horde called Mopor, around Woolsthorpe), Port Fairy tribe (a horde along coast, its dialect called Peekwhuurong). |
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 AA338/07 - Index cards relating to language research
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Identifier AA 338/7/1/24
Date c. 1931 - c. 1991
Quantity 16.5 cm, 1 shoebox, approx. 15.1 cm of cards
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Identifier AA 338/7/2/58
Date 1938 - c. 1958
Quantity 15.4 cm, 1 metal filing drawer, approx. 29 cm of cards
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Identifier AA 338/7/2/59
Date 1938 - c. 1958
Quantity 15.4 cm, 1 metal filing drawer, approx. 24 cm of cards
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Identifier AA 338/7/2/60
Date 1938 - c. 1958
Quantity 15.4 cm, 1 metal filing drawer, approx. 29.5 cm of cards
Series AA338/08 - Compiled vocabularies and grammatical sketches
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Identifier AA 338/8/20
Date 1934 - c. 1976
Quantity 44 cm, 1 type 10.1 box
Series AA338/15 - Maps - Expeditions, field work and personal research (not including South East of South Australia)
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Identifier AA 338/15/53
Date 1940, date in annotation; date of printing unknown
Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 51.0x76.0 cm
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Identifier AA 338/15/169
Date c. 1979 - c. 1980, dates in annotations; date of printing unknown
Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 51.0x75.0 cm
Series AA338/18 - Maps - 'World Aeronautical Chart series'
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Identifier AA 338/18/45
Date 1963 - c. 1974, from date of printing through approximate period map was used
Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 51.5x76.5 cm
Series AA338/22 - Maps - Continental distribution of material culture traits, etc.
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Identifier AA 338/22/3
Date c. 1940 - ?, date of annotation unknown
Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 34.0x44.5 cm
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Identifier AA 338/22/49
Date c. 1940 - ?, date unknown
Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 34.0x44.5 cm
Series AA338/23 - Maps - Sketch maps showing Aboriginal 'tribes'
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Identifier AA 338/23/5
Date c. 1940 - c. 1974, approximate date range - map undated
Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 38.5x45.0 cm
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