Bingongina (NT)

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Location: West of Lake Woods; east of upper Victoria River; principally in the parallel sand dune desert southwest to near a native place called Morerinju on Winnecke Creek. Some have migrated north and thus are now known to northern tribespeople.

Co-ordinates: 132°30'E x 18°20'S

Area: 9,700 sq. m. (24,200 sq. km.)

References: Spencer and Gillen, 1904; Mathews, 1908 (Gr. 6495); Spencer, 1914; Elkin, Berndt and Berndt, 1951.

Alternative Names: Bin-gongina, Bugongidja (post-European name used by northern tribes).

Inventory Listings

Item AA 338/15/142 - 'Newcastle Waters (3221)'

Item AA 338/15/230 - 'E.6 - Newcastle Waters' (Northern Territory)

Item AA 338/18/13 - Newcastle Waters (3221)

Item AA 338/18/14 - Halls Creek (3222)

Item AA 338/19/6 - 'Tribal Boundaries in Aboriginal Australia. 1974'