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Mitaka (QLD)
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| | Location | From Durrie north to Glengyle; east to near Monkira; about Lake Machattie, west to Kalidawarry. They practiced both circumcision and subincision as initiatory rites for men. O'Grady et al. (1966) mistakenly identified these people with the Maithakari (Mitakudi) who live north of Cloncurry, 350 miles (550 km.) away. The equation with the last-named term is illusory since its first i should be read as the diphthong ai (see note in text). |
| Co-ordinates | 139°25'E x 25°0'S |
| Area | 4,800 sq. m. (12,500 sq. km) |
| References | Fraser 1897, 1899, 1901, 1902; Reese, 1927 MS; Tindale, 1940; O'Grady et al., 1966; Breen, 1969 MS; Blake, 1969 MS. |
| Alternative Names | Mittaka, Mittuka, Marunga (name claimed by one of the last survivors, Mit:aka being supposedly a Dieri term), Marrala and Marranda (language names), Murunuta, Mi-daga. |
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 338/1/12
Date 8 August 1934 - c. 23 August 1934, 25 July 1934 - 19 February 1936 (with gaps), 30 August 1939, 23 April 1940, 1970s annotations
Quantity 2 cm, 1 Hardcover exercise book, 20.7x25.8 cm, 242 pages, 6 inserts, 1 loose item [2?]
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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
Series AA338/15 - Maps - Expeditions, field work and personal research (not including South East of South Australia)
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Identifier AA 338/15/40
Date 1938 - 1939, dates in annotation; map printed 1937
Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 69.0x101.5 cm
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Identifier AA 338/15/67
Date dates of printing and annotation unknown
Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 50.5x68.5 cm
Series AA338/18 - Maps - 'World Aeronautical Chart series'
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Identifier AA 338/18/26
Date 1968 - 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'
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Identifier AA 338/26/48/1-10
Quantity
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