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Weilwan (NSW)
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| | Location | Southern side of Barwon River from Brewarrina to Walgett; south along Marra Creek and the Castlereagh, Marthaguy, and Macquarie rivers; south to Quambone and to near Coonamble. One of the several hordes of the Weilwan was the Waiabara. The Kawambarai (Koinberi) on upper Castlereagh River and on part of Liverpool Plains were a distinct tribe not recognized in my 1940 work. Color plate 8 is relevant. |
| Co-ordinates | 147°40'E x 30°30'S |
| Area | 5,000 sq. m. (13,000 sq. km) |
| References | Bunce, 1856; Ridley, 1861, 1873, 1875; Honery in Ridley, 1878; Curr, 1886; Fraser in Threlkeld, 1892; Mathews, 1898 (Gr. 6468), 1903 (Gr. 6481); Quinn, 1897; Richardson, 1899, 1900, 1904, 1910; Giglioli, 1911; Bucknell, 1912; Radcliffe-Brown, 1930; Tindale, 1940; Elkin, 1945; Berndt, 1947; Capell, 1956; Wurm, 1963. |
| Alternative Names | Wailwan, Wilwan, Wallwan, Wailwun (['weil] = ['wail] = no), Wilawun, Weilwun, Waal-won, Wile Wan, Wali, Waljwan, Ngiumba (name of language), Wahoon (misprint). |
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 338/1/15/1
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
Series AA338/15 - Maps - Expeditions, field work and personal research (not including South East of South Australia)
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Identifier AA 338/15/48
Date c. 1938 - c. 1939, date range of related journal; date of printing unknown
Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 51.0x76.0 cm
Series AA338/18 - Maps - 'World Aeronautical Chart series'
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Identifier AA 338/18/37
Date 1968 - c. 1974, from date of printing through approximate period map was used
Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 51.5x76.5 cm
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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 346/4/20
Date May 1938 - June 1939, some cards have later annotations
Quantity 350 cm, 11 file card drawers containing data cards
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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 689/9/16
Date 1938 - 1939, dates of expedition
Quantity 166 cm, 41 grey Albox folders
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