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Wirangu (SA)


Location	Coast between Head of Bight (White Well), Cape Blanche, and Streaky Bay; inland to Ooldea, Kokatha, and Kondoolka. In earliest historic times they were contracting their boundaries southward before Kokata people. Their earliest remembered boundary is shown. By 1850 they had lost access to the area north of latitude 31 °. A native water at Putjukai (132°36'E x 30°27'S) is still remembered as a Wirangu water once well within their territory. Pi:la at Lake Bring also was in their traditions a Wirangu water. Ooldea was the dominant drought relief water used by all surrounding tribes within a radius of 200 miles (over 300 km.).
Co-ordinates	133°35'E x 31°35'S
Area	21,500 sq. m. (55,900 sq. km)
References	Provis in Taplin, 1879; Richards in Taplin, 1879; East, 1889; Mathews, 1900 (Gr. 6448); Howitt, 1904; Stirling, 1914; Black, 1917; Bates, 1918; Sullivan, 1928; Tindale, 1928 MS, 1934 MS, 1940 and MS; Cleland, 1929; Elkin, 1931; Black, 1933; Berndt and Berndt, 1942, 1946; Tindale in Condon, 1955; Platt, 1970.
Alternative Names	Wirrongu, Wirrung, Wirrunga, Wirangga, Naljara (Kokata name), Wanbiri ('sea coast' [people] of the Kokata), Jilbara (means 'southerners,' name applied by Kokata), Windakan (name applied also to the language of the Ngalea), Wangon (said to be language name but is derogatory, ['kona] = feces; one area of their country with yellowish soil is called Tjara which has a similar meaning), Ngoleiadjara (name applied by Jangkundjara), Tidni and Hilleri (names applied by Pangkala and Kujani), Tidnie, Titnie, Willeuroo (name said given by Pangkala: Wiljaru = west), Yilrea (another version of Hilleri), Nonga (means 'man').
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.

Collection AA23 Daisy May Bates
Series AA23/01 - Correspondence relating to Australian Anthropology Letters to Hale, Tindale and Cleland Identifier AA23/1/3/1-15 Date 1930 - 1935 Quantity 1 cm, Series AA23/04 - Linguistic data 'Vocabulary of Central Australian Tribes' Identifier AA23/4/1/3 Date c. 1931 - c. 1932 Quantity
Collection AA26 Robert Arthur Bedford
Series AA26/01 - 'Manuscript notes on Blackfellow tribes and languages of Eyre's Peninsula' 'Manuscript notes on Blackfellow tribes and languages of Eyre's Peninsula' Identifier AA 26/1/1-2 Date 1920 - 1952 Quantity 1 cm, 2 original manuscript and carbon copy Series AA26/02 - Images relating to Whipstick Billy Images relating to Whipstick Billy Identifier AA 26/2/1-6 Date 1920 - 1952 Quantity 1 cm,
Collection AA290 Harold Llewelyn Sheard
Series AA290/02 - Photographs - Australian Aboriginal Culture 'Mickie Aboriginal boy from Ooldea' Identifier AA290/2/2/1 Date 12/07/1926 Quantity 0.01 cm, 1 Original photographic print 'Mickie Aboriginal boy 16 years from Ooldea East West line' Identifier AA290/2/2/2 Date 12/07/1926 Quantity 0.01 cm, 1 Original photographic print Australian Aboriginal boy, Mickie Identifier AA290/2/2/3 Date 12/07/1926 Quantity 0.01 cm, 1 Copy print 'Mickie Aboriginal boy from Ooldea' Identifier AA290/2/2/4 Date 12/07/1926 Quantity 0.01 cm, 1 Original photographic print Australian Aboriginal boy, Mickie Identifier AA290/2/2/5 Date 12/07/1926 Quantity 0.01 cm, 1 Copy print
Collection AA338 Dr Norman Barnett Tindale
Series AA338/01 - Bound volumes of expedition and office journals, notes and compilations 'Field Notes and Journal on the Anthropological Expedition to Koonibba on the West Coast of South Australia by Norman B. Tindale. August 1928. Adelaide, S. Australia'. Identifier AA 338/1/5 Date 10 June 1926 - 28 August 1928, 5 February 1932, 1 May 1987 Quantity 1.8 cm, 1 buckram bound volume, 21.8x28.0 cm, 134 pages, 1 insert, 16 loose items 'Visits to Ooldea, S. Aust. to study the Aborigines by Norman B. Tindale in 1934 and 1951. Adelaide. S. Australia.' Identifier AA 338/1/13 Date 2 October 1934 - 29 April 1951, Oct-Nov 1934 & April 1951; additional notes from 1935, 1939, 1949, 1952, 1955, 1970, 1984 Quantity 4 cm, 1 buckram bound volume, 21.0x27.0 cm, 482 pages, 5 inserts 1 loose item and 1 pocket of photographs 'Harvard and Adelaide Universities Anthropological Expedition, Australia. 1938-1939. Journal and notes by Norman B. Tindale. 2'. Identifier AA 338/1/15/2 Date 10 September 1938 - c. 1980, 10 September 1938 - 26 June 1939, 1940s, 1966, 1950s?, 1980s Quantity 4.5 cm, 1 22.0x26.5cm, 542 pages, 8 inserts 'Harvard and Adelaide Universities Anthropological Expedition, Australia. 1938-1939. Journal and notes by Norman B. Tindale. 2'. Identifier AA 338/1/15/2 Date 10 September 1938 - c. 1980, 10 September 1938 - 26 June 1939, 1940s, 1966, 1950s?, 1980s Quantity 4.5 cm, 1 22.0x26.5cm, 542 pages, 8 inserts 'Visit to Lake Eyre 1955 with anthropological notes by Norman B. Tindale. 1955' Identifier AA 338/1/20 Date 12 July 1955 - 3 August 1955, 20 August 1934, 10 May - 8 December 1955, March 1957, April 1958, 1962 Quantity 2 cm, 1 hardcover exercise book, 20.4x25.8 cm, 188 pages with 1 loose items and 6 attachments 'Research data on aboriginal tribes in Australia gathered by Norman B. Tindale. Chiefly from South, West and Central Australia. Period 1924 to 1936'. Identifier AA 338/1/29 Date 24 August 1895 - 7 February 1934, 24 August 1895, 20 January 1916, c1920, July 1925, 1926-1928, 1931, 4 May 1932, 7 February 1934 Quantity 1.5 cm, 1 red hardcover exercise book, 21.7x28.1 cm 'Notes on the Coastal tribes of the Western Part of South Australia by Norman B. Tindale. South Australian Museum. (incomplete) 1928 mss unpublished.' Identifier AA 338/1/30 Date 1 July 1896 - 31 October 1983, 1 July 1896, October 1927, 1928, September 1935, 1945, 1977, 19 April 1980, 31 October 1983 Quantity 2.2 cm, 1 red hard cover exercise book, 21.7x28.1 cm, 62 single sided pages and a pocket with 68 loose items 'Entomology and General Field Trips by Norman B Tindale. 1964-1965. Adelaide, S. Australia'. Identifier AA 338/1/43/3 Date 13 October 1964 - November 1965, 1829; 1982 Quantity 6.2 cm, 1 buckram bound volume, 21.2x26.2cm, 766 pages with 3 inserts and 3 loose items Series AA338/04 - Copies of journals Copy of Research data on aboriginal tribes in Australia gathered by Norman B. Tindale. Chiefly from South, West and Central Australia. Period 1924 to 1936. Identifier AA 338/4/45/1-65 Date 24 August 1895 - 7 February 1934, 24 August 1895, 20 January 1916, c1920, July 1925, 1926-1928, 1931, 4 May 1932, 7 February 1934 Quantity 1.9 cm, 1 green hardcover exercise book, 21.7x28.1 cm Copy of Notes on the Coastal tribes of the Western part of South Australia by Norman B. Tindale. South Australian Museum (incomplete) 1928 ms. Unpublished. Identifier AA 338/4/46 Date 1928 - September 1977, 1928, September 1935, September 1977 Quantity 1.2 cm, 1 green hard-cover book, 21.7x27.9cm, 48 single sided pages Series AA338/05 - Photographs relating to journals Photographs relating to the Anthropological Expedition to Koonibba, August 1928. Identifier AA 338/5/5 Date 1926 - 1928, November 1926; August 1928 Quantity 9 cm, 2 Albox folders Series AA338/07 - Index cards relating to language research Vocabularies Identifier AA 338/7/1/1 Date 1924 - c. 1991 Quantity 16.5 cm, 1 shoebox, approx. 8.6 cm of cards 'Pitjandjara' Identifier AA 338/7/1/15 Date 1928 - c. 1991 Quantity 16.5 cm, 1 shoebox, approx. 1.6 cm of cards and approx. 2.8 cm of paper slips 'Place Names: S.E. of S. Australia' Identifier AA 338/7/1/45 Date c. 1928 - c. 1991 Quantity 16.5 cm, 1 cardboard box, approx. 7.1 cm of cards Pitjandjara, South Australia, N.B. Tindale Identifier AA 338/7/2/3 Date 1931 - c. 1966, recorded mostly in the 1930s Quantity 15.4 cm, 1 metal filing drawer, approx. 27.5 cm of cards Pitjandjara, South Australia, N.B. Tindale Identifier AA 338/7/2/4 Date 1931 - c. 1966, recorded mostly in the 1930s Quantity 15.4 cm, 1 metal filing drawer, approx. 35 cm of cards Pitjandjara, South Australia, N.B. Tindale Identifier AA 338/7/2/5 Date 1931 - c. 1966, recorded mostly in the 1930s Quantity 15.4 cm, 1 metal filing drawer, approx. 25.5 cm of cards Pitjandjara, South Australia Identifier AA 338/7/2/6 Date 1931 - c. 1966 Quantity 15.4 cm, 1 metal filing drawer, approx. 35 cm of cards Parallel Vocabulary 1, Harvard Expedition, A-K Identifier AA 338/7/2/58 Date 1938 - c. 1958 Quantity 15.4 cm, 1 metal filing drawer, approx. 29 cm of cards Parallel Vocabulary 2, Harvard Expedition, L-S Identifier AA 338/7/2/59 Date 1938 - c. 1958 Quantity 15.4 cm, 1 metal filing drawer, approx. 24 cm of cards Parallel Vocabulary 3, Harvard Expedition, T-Z Identifier AA 338/7/2/60 Date 1938 - c. 1958 Quantity 15.4 cm, 1 metal filing drawer, approx. 29.5 cm of cards Series AA338/08 - Compiled vocabularies and grammatical sketches Vocabulary of Pitjandjara, 1931-35 Identifier AA 338/8/4 Date 1931 - 1937 Quantity 2 cm, 1 ring folder, 153 paper sheets (12.5 x 20.2 cm), typescript with handwritten annotations Vocabulary of Pitjandjara, 1931-37 Identifier AA 338/8/5 Date 1931 - c. 1966 Quantity 1.5 cm, 1 bound notebook, 138pp., typescript Vocabulary of the Wirrangu and Kukata languages Identifier AA 338/8/14 Date 1925 - 1929, wordlist prepared in 1929 Quantity 6 cm, 1 foolscap Albox folder, 13pp. typescript with ink annotations Bird Names gathered by Norman B. Tindale 1928-1929 Identifier AA 338/8/15 Date 1929 Quantity 1.1 cm, 1 notebook (18.7x23.7 cm), containing 62 handwritten paper slips Parallel Vocabularies Identifier AA 338/8/20 Date 1934 - c. 1976 Quantity 44 cm, 1 type 10.1 box Series AA338/15 - Maps - Expeditions, field work and personal research (not including South East of South Australia) 'N B Tindale's early enquiries 1920-1930' (South Australia) Identifier AA 338/15/2 Date 1920 - 1930, dates in annotations; map printed 1912 Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 71.0x102.0 cm 'South Australia showing Native Tribes' Identifier AA 338/15/4 Date c. 1929 - c. 1930, approximate date range of data Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 68.0x101.0 cm Map of Ooldea Range and northern surrounds Identifier AA 338/15/16 Date 1933 - 1934 Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 66.5x94.3cm Map of Nullarbor Plains, South Australia and northern surrounds Identifier AA 338/15/22 Date 1934 - 1965, dates in annotations; date of printing unknown Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 91.0x141.0 cm Map of Ooldea Range and northern surrounds (Photocopy of original) Identifier AA 338/15/26 Date 1933 - 1934 Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 73.0x104.0 cm 'Vacuum Road Map of South Australia' Identifier AA 338/15/56 Date c. 1938 - c. 1939, date range of related journal; date of printing unknown Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 51.0x76.0 cm 'Geological Map of the Commonwealth of Australia' (Sheet 3) Identifier AA 338/15/94 Date 1953 - , earliest date in annotation; map printed 1931 Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 86.0x105.5 cm 'H.6 - Coober Pedy' (South Australia) Identifier AA 338/15/97 Date 1933 - 1957, dates in annotations; map printed 1949 Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 53.0x76.5 cm 'Sketch Plan of active Ceremonial grounds 1 mile N of Yalata' (South Australia) Identifier AA 338/15/155 Date 1965, date of drawing Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 38.0x52.0 cm 'Northern Ceremonial Ground 1 m N of Yalata' (South Australia) Identifier AA 338/15/156 Date 1965, date of drawing Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 38.0x52.0 cm 'Southern Ceremonial Ground 1 m N. of Yalata' (South Australia) Identifier AA 338/15/157 Date 1965, date of drawing Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 38.0x52.0 cm 'Sketch plan of abandoned ceremonial grounds at Ooldea Tank 20 m. N. of Yalata and 2 m NW of Tank & Shed' (South Australia) Identifier AA 338/15/158 Date 1965, date of drawing Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 38.0x52.0 cm Series AA338/16 - Maps - South East of South Australia 'N B Tindale's earliest field notes on S. A. aborigines afterwards widely extended approx. 1920 - 1930' Identifier AA 338/16/1 Date 1920 - 1972, dates in annotations; map printed 1912 Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 53.0x70.0 cm Series AA338/18 - Maps - 'World Aeronautical Chart series' Nullarbor Plain (3353) Identifier AA 338/18/34 Date 1933 - c. 1974, from date in annotation through approximate period map was used Map printed 1963 Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 51.5x76.5 cm Tarcoola (3354) Identifier AA 338/18/35 Date 1928 - c. 1974, from date in annotation through approximate period map was used Map printed 1963 Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 51.5x76.5 cm Port Augusta (3459) Identifier AA 338/18/42 Date 1969 - c. 1974, from date of printing through approximate period map was used Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 51.5x76.5 cm
Collection AA346 Board for Anthropological Research
Series AA346/04 - Sociological, Anthropological, Vital Statistics and ACER data recorded onto cards by Board for Anthropological Research expedition members, 1923-1963. Koonibba (South Australia) sociological and anthropological data cards Identifier AA 346/4/9 Date August 1928 Quantity 5.5 cm, 3 card series; cards 20.5 x 12.7 cm Harvard and Adelaide Universities Anthropological Expedition sociological, anthropological and ACER data cards 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 Ooldea (South Australia) sociological and anthropological data cards Identifier AA 346/4/21 Date August 1939 Quantity 13 cm, 3 card series; cards 20.5 x 12.7 cm University of California at Los Angeles and University of Adelaide Anthropological Expedition sociological and anthropological data cards 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 Series AA346/09 - Films recorded during the Board for Anthropological expeditions, 1926-1966. Koonibba, South Australia, 1928. Identifier AA 346/9/28 Date 13 August 1928 - 25 August 1928, dates of expedition Quantity 6 cm, 4 film items. Formats: 16mm, Betacams, DVDs 'Film Notes from Ooldea,' South Australia, 1939. Identifier AA 346/9/14/1-7 Date 15 August 1939 - 26 August 1939, dates of expedition Quantity 15.5 cm, 7 film items. Formats: 16mm, Betacams, DVDs Additional footage from Ooldea, South Australia, 1939. Edit from EC Black Compilation. Identifier AA 346/9/14/8-9 Date 15 August 1939 - 26 August 1939, dates of expedition Quantity 3 cm, 2 film items. Formats: DVDs
Collection AA60 Sir John Burton Cleland
Series AA60/02 - Correspondence relating to Australian anthropology Correspondence relating to Australian anthropology Identifier AA 60/2/1-4 Date 1923 - 1968 Quantity 6 cm,
Collection AA689 Dr Joseph Bernard Birdsell
Series AA689/09 - Anthropometric data cards from Board for Anthropological Research expeditions and cranial data cards recorded at numerous institutions Harvard and Adelaide Universities Expedition, Anthropological Data Cards, with Sociological Photographs attached. 1938-39. Identifier AA 689/9/16 Date 1938 - 1939, dates of expedition Quantity 166 cm, 41 grey Albox folders The University of California at Los Angeles and University of Adelaide Anthropological Data Cards, 1952-54. Identifier AA 689/9/17 Date 1952 - 1954, dates in annotations Quantity 64 cm, 3 Albox boxes and one black folder with index