Ngaun (QLD)

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Location: At Iffley (in later postcontact times only), at Taldora and Millungera; east to Gregory Range and Saxby Downs; southwest to Julia Creek. In early historic times many migrated toward Cloncurry district; the northern boundary is placed to include a late precontact usurpation of Maikulan territory as far as Doravale. The survivors are now centered around Millungera.

Co-ordinates: 142°0'E x 19°55'S

Area: 9,700 sq. m. (25,200 sq. km.)

References: Armit in Curr, 1886; Parry-Okeden, 1897; Roth, 1897; Tindale, 1940, 1963 MS.

Alternative Names: Ngaon, Nouun, Naungaun.

Inventory Listings

Item AA 338/1/15/1 - 'Harvard and Adelaide Universities Anthropological Expedition, Australia, 1938-1939. Journal and notes by Norman B. Tindale. I.'

Item AA 338/1/25 - 'Journal of Visit to the Gulf of Carpentaria by Norman B Tindale. 1963.'

Item AA 338/1/37 - 'Norman B. Tindale. Barrinean Journal 1938 and Visit to Palm Island 1963.'

Item AA 338/7/2/33 - Queensland Tribes A-Kon, Native

Item AA 338/7/2/34 - Queensland Tribes Kon-Tal, Native

Item AA 338/7/2/35 - Queensland Tribes Native, Tam-W

Item AA 338/7/2/36 - Queensland Tribes A-R, Native