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Wulpura (QLD)
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| | Location | On the main range west of Mount Romeo and Boolbun; at the head of Daintree River on the high Mount Windsor tableland; rain forest dwellers. According to D. C. Watson, they were a small people five feet (152 cm.) in stature and weighed about 100 pounds (220 kg.); each year they traveled from South Mossman to Julatten, Carbine, McLeod River, down the Daintree River and back to South Mossman. |
| Co-ordinates | 145°0'E x 16°5'S |
| Area | 900 sq. m. (2,300 sq. km) |
| References | Parry-Okeden, 1897; Roth, 1910; Davidson, 1938; McConnel, 1939-1940; Tindale, 1940; Watson, 1965 MS (through J. McNally). |
| Alternative Names | Wolpa (name of range west of Mount Romeo), Wulpurara, Wulbur-ara, Walpoll, Wulurara, Woora (place name on South Mossman River), Kokowaldja, Koko-baldja (language name), Waldja. |
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 338/15/41
Date 1938 - 1939, dates in annotation; map printed 1937
Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 69.0x101.5 cm
Series AA338/18 - Maps - 'World Aeronautical Chart series'
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Identifier AA 338/18/10
Date 1965 - 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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Identifier AA 338/18/11
Date 1966 - 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 338/23/2
Date c. 1940 - c. 1974, approximate date range - map undated
Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 22.5x27.5 cm
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