Mandara (WA)

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Location: A small tribe on Ophthalmia Range and on the plateau at the head of Turee and Weediwolli creeks; south to Prairie Downs. Driven north to the Fortescue River by a southeastward movement of the Pandjima and absorbed among the Niabali and Pandjima. Now extinct as a tribe. See further notes under Pandjima.

Co-ordinates: 119°15'E x 23°25'S

Area: 1,500 sq. m. (3,900 sq. km.)

References: Tindale, 1953 MS, 1966 MS.

Alternative Names: None has been reported.

Inventory Listings

Item AA 338/1/19/1 - 'University of Adelaide and University of California Anthropological Expedition, 1952-1954.'

Item AA 338/15/105 - 'F.4 - Port Hedland' (Western Australia) [Map 'II']

Item AA 338/15/115 - 'Sheet 11 - Nabberu' (Topographical Series - Western Australia)

Item AA 338/15/117 - 'Sheet 14 - De Grey' (Topographical Series - Western Australia)

Item AA 338/18/16 - Hamersley Range (3229)