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Umede (WA)
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| | Location | Coast and inlets south of Yampi Sound to Cone Bay, islands from Koolan Island north to Macleay Island, west to Bathurst Island, Bayliss Island, and islands in Strickland Bay; inland usually only to the watershed, but they claimed country near Shoal Bay afterward taken by the Worora and the country south to Oobagooma. Some of the people were taken to Beagle Bay where they died. Some mixed blood descendants live in Broome. They were principally a nomadic raft-using people who lived on offshore islands and were friendly with the Djaui and Ongkarango. |
| Co-ordinates | 123°55'E x 16°25'S |
| Area | 1,800 sq. m. (4,700 sq. km) |
| References | Tindale, 1953 MS; Coate, 1966. |
| Alternative Names | Umeda, Umidi, Aobidai (of Ongkarango), Umi:da, Oken, Okat, Okwata, O:ka:ta, O:kada (alternative name applied by themselves; used as a language term by the Ongkarango who speak the same language). |
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 338/1/19/2
Date 15 July 1953 - 30 October 1953, 1953-55, 1 Oct 1958, 1961, 1964-65, 1979, 1981-82
Quantity 5 cm, 1 buckram bound volume, 22.1x26.8 cm,
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
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Identifier AA 338/15/122
Date 1953, date in annotation; map printed 1949
Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 74.5x99.5 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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