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Wadjari (WA)
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| | Location | North to the hills overlooking the head of the Lyons River, Teano Range, Mount Isabella, Waldburg Range; on upper Gascoyne River west of Three Rivers; at Erivilla and Milgun; south to Cheangwa and the Roderick and upper Sanford rivers. The terms Jana, Janu, Njanu, Nanu, and perhaps Ninu, applied in a tribal sense, are variations of a word ['jana], 'to come.' It seems to have the general meaning of 'newcomers,' and as such is not a definite name for any one group. In the eastern part of Wadjari territory it is associated with several groups of ['bidu?u] or rock hole water-using people who have drifted southwest out of the desert during recent years of drought. The Wadjari western boundary, in the Byro and Dalgety Downs area, reflects a late expansion from the Murchison valley. This forced the Kurudandi hordes of the Inggarda to shift westward. The line on the map could have been drawn some 40 miles (65 km.) farther to the east in this area. The tribal name is based, as are so many, on their word for 'no,' ['wadja] or ['wadji]. The hordes in the vicinity of Dalgety Downs claim they are the real Wadjari (the I:rawadjari), but there seems no real justification for showing them as a separate tribe. According to other informants, the place Jagarang (Mount Gould) was the central place in Wadjari territory. This is a remarkably accurate observation as is shown by the map; and the people of that area claim to have kurduwongga, i.e., 'true speech.' |
| Co-ordinates | 117°15'E x 26°0'S |
| Area | 35,000 sq. m. (91,000 sq. km) |
| References | Gifford in Curr, 1886; Perks in Curr, 1886; Wells, ca. 1890; Richardson, 1900; Brown, 1912, 1913; Bates, 1913, 1914; Connelly, 1932; Day, 1953 MS; Davidson and McCarthy, 1957; Berndt, 1959, 1964; Fink, 1965; Brandenstein, 1966 MS; Tindale, 1966 MS, 1968 MS. |
| Alternative Names | Wadgaree, Wadjeri, Wajeri, Wajjari, Wajari, Waian-wonga, Baialdju (Widi name), Pidong (general term of disrespect meaning 'rock hole people' applied to those who depend on precarious water supplies), Wad'arri, Iirrawad-'ari, Irawadjari, Kurduwongga (see above), Kurduwonga, Maliara (means 'east' and is merely a directional term applied to some hordes in the Sanford River area), Miliarra, Miliara, Cheangwa (a place name south of the middle Sanford River), Wardal (of the Barimaia, means 'west,' hence by extension 'westerners'), Yajeri (typographical error for Wajeri), Jamadji (general term for aborigines in contrast with white men-not a tribal term), Yamaidyi. |
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 338/1/27
Date 15 March 1966 - c. 21 April 1966, 6 March 1966 - 6 August 1968 (with gaps), 27 February 1970, 31 August 1984, c1987
Quantity 4.7 cm, 1 buckram bound volume, 22.0x26.4cm, 559 pages with 12 inserts and 4 loose items in an envelope
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Identifier AA 338/1/28
Date 26 October 1968 - c. 10 December 1968, 26 March 1966, 13 March 1968 - 27 January 1970 (with gaps) and c1973
Quantity 3.5 cm, 1 buckram bound volume, 21.5x26.4 cm, 356 pages with 5 inserts
Series AA338/15 - Maps - Expeditions, field work and personal research (not including South East of South Australia)
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Identifier AA 338/15/94
Date 1953 - , earliest date in annotation; map printed 1931
Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 86.0x105.5 cm
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Identifier AA 338/15/105
Date 1953, date in annotation on related map 338/15/104. Map printed 1950
Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 54.5x78.0 cm
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Identifier AA 338/15/108
Date c. 1953 - 1966, date of earliest annotation unknown, last date is in annotation; map printed 1945
Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 55.0x75.0 cm
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Identifier AA 338/15/114
Date 1953 - ?, date in annotation; map printed 1951
Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 65.5x96.0 cm
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Identifier AA 338/15/115
Date 1953, date in annotation; map printed 1949
Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 70.5x92.0 cm
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Identifier AA 338/15/117
Date 1953, date in annotation; map printed 1948
Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 67.0x93.5 cm
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Identifier AA 338/15/166
Date 1966, date in annotation; map compiled 1965
Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 35.5x44.0 cm
Series AA338/18 - Maps - 'World Aeronautical Chart series'
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Identifier AA 338/18/31
Date 1964 - 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 338/26/6/1-5
Date 1 February 1952
Quantity 0.01 cm, 5 pages
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Identifier AA 338/26/21
Date 1957? - 1959?
Quantity 0.01 cm, 1 page, 2 maps
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Identifier AA 338/26/27/1-2
Date 1964
Quantity 0.01 cm, 2 maps
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Identifier AA 338/26/33/1-2
Date 4 November 1968
Quantity 0.01 cm, 2 pages
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Identifier AA 338/26/37
Date 2 May 1969
Quantity 0.01 cm, 1 page
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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 AA689/01 - Bound volumes of expedition journals, notes, anthropometric and morphometric data on Australian and foreign collections and blood grouping data.
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Identifier AA 689/1/6
Date c. 1952 - c. 1954, Date of related expedition, dates of annotation unknown
Quantity 0.6 cm, 1 Faded blue hard-bound notebook with gray binding, 46pp., 31x20 cm
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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