Tindale Tribes - Magatige

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Magatige (NT)


Location	A coastal strip on the north side of Port Keats including Tree Point; inland for 20 miles (30 km.) on south side of Moyle River swamplands. This is a small tribe with only two listed hordes. The term Berinken (Brinken) has been applied to it but Stanner (1970 MS) says this is only a directional marker; 15 on NW map.
Co-ordinates	129°40'E x 14° 10'S
Area	150 sq. m. (400 sq. km)
References	Basedow, 1907; Stanner, 1933, 1936, 1938, 1970 MS; Davidson, 1935; Capell, 1940; Tindale, 1940, 1953 MS, 1966 MS; Falkenberg, 1948, 1962; Berndt and Berndt, 1964.
Alternative Names	Maritige, Muringata, Muringa (a name applied by Murinbata), Muringe, Berinken, Berinkin, Berringin, Brinken, Brinkan.
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
Series AA338/18 - Maps - 'World Aeronautical Chart series' Darwin (3109) Identifier AA 338/18/7 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 AA338/26 - 'Manuscript Documents on Tribes' Ian Mackay map depicting part of the Northern Territory 'tribal distributions' with NB Tindale amendments Identifier AA 338/26/24/1-3 Date December 1959 Quantity 0.01 cm, 3 maps Letter and rough sketch from John Cleverly to NB Tindale relating to distribution of 'tribes' north of Port Keats Identifier AA 338/26/34/1-3 Date 10 February 1969 Quantity 0.01 cm, 3 pages Notes on a personal communication between John Cleverly and NB Tindale relating to distribution of tribes around Port Keats Identifier AA 338/26/35 Date 23 January 1969 Quantity 0.01 cm, 1 page NB Tindale's 'rough analysis' Identifier AA 338/26/45/1-3 Date May 1969 Quantity 0.01 cm, 3 pages Letter and annotated map from WEH Stanner to NB Tindale relating to the distribution of Northern Territory 'tribes' Identifier AA 338/26/52/1-3 Date 24 February 1970 Quantity 0.01 cm, 3 2 pages and 1 map
Collection AA689 Dr Joseph Bernard Birdsell
Series AA689/01 - Bound volumes of expedition journals, notes, anthropometric and morphometric data on Australian and foreign collections and blood grouping data. 'Warner's Australians. Raw Data for Males' Identifier AA 689/1/12 Date Dates of annotation unknown. Quantity 1.5 cm, 1 red and black hard-bound notebook, 116pp, 27x21cm Series AA689/09 - Anthropometric data cards from Board for Anthropological Research expeditions and cranial data cards recorded at numerous institutions Copy of William Lloyd Warner's Data Card Series, 1926-1927 Identifier AA 689/9/1 Date c. 1926 - c. 1927, dates of expedition Quantity 4.5 cm, 1 grey Albox folder Copy of William Lloyd Warner's Data Card Series, 1926-1927 Identifier AA 689/9/1 Date c. 1926 - c. 1927, dates of expedition Quantity 4.5 cm, 1 grey Albox folder