Kwatkwat (VIC)

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Location: South bank of the Murray River in a strip extending from above the Goulbum River junction to Barnawartha and the King and Ovens rivers junction; south to Indigo Creek. Curr implies the Pikkolatpan belong with hordes south of the river (but see Jeithi in N.S.W.).

Co-ordinates: 145°55'E x 36°5'S

Area: 1,800 sq. m. (4,700 sq. km.)

References: Robinson, 1844; Reid in Smyth, 1878 (ii: 8, 68); Curr, 1887; Tindale, 1940, and MS.

Alternative Names: Quart-Quart, Emu Mudjug tribe, Pikkolatpan (where ['pik:or] = emu).

Inventory Listings

Item AA 338/15/169 - 'Victoria'

Item AA 338/18/40 - Canberra (3457)

Item AA 338/18/46 - Melbourne (3470)