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Watta (NT)
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| | Location | On eastern bank of South Alligator River, an inland tribe (Spencer). East to the headwaters of the East Alligator River. They are the southeasternmost of the noncircumcising people in the Northern Territory. |
| Co-ordinates | 132°45'E x 13° 15'S |
| Area | 3,500 sq. m. (5,500 sq. km) |
| References | Earl, 1846; Giglioli, 1911; Spencer, 1914; Elkin, Berndt and Berndt, 1951; Capell, 1963. |
| Alternative Names | Wada, Wad:a, ? Wadjigi:n, ? Marigianbirik (general term). |
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 AA338/15 - Maps - Expeditions, field work and personal research (not including South East of South Australia)
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Identifier AA 338/15/99
Date 1953 - 1959, dates in annotations; map printed 1949
Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 54.0x76.5 cm
Series AA338/18 - Maps - 'World Aeronautical Chart series'
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Identifier AA 338/18/8
Date 1958 - 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 338/26/24/1-3
Date December 1959
Quantity 0.01 cm, 3 maps
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