Tindale's Catalogue of Australian Aboriginal Tribes
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Krauatungalung (VIC)
LocationCape Everard (Point Hicks) to Lakes Entrance; on Cann, Brodribb, Buchan, and Snowy rivers; inland to about Black Mountain. One of the five tribes artificially grouped as the Kurnai.
Co-ordinates48°35'3 x 37°35'S
Area2,200 sq. m. (5,700 sq. km)
ReferencesSmyth, 1878; Fison and Howitt, 1880; Bulmer in Curr, 1887; Turner, Staple and Shaw, 1900; Mathews, 1902 (Gr. 6401), 1907 (Gr. 6483); Howitt, 1891, 1904; Anonymous, 1909; Tindale, 1940.
Alternative NamesKroatungolung, Krow-ithun-koolo, Krowathun-Koolung, Krauatun-kurnai, Muk-dhang (['mak] = good, ['ðang] = speech, own language name), Gunggala-dhang (language name given by Bidawal), Thangkwai (language name given by others, means 'rough speech'), Thangguai, Thang quai, Karnathun, ['ngatban] = no, ['ka:nai] = man.
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.

Collection AA338 Dr Norman Barnett Tindale