Ngurlu (WA)

Archive Collections / Language Groups / Ngurlu (WA)

Location: Menzies to Malcolm; northwest to Mount Ida; east to Lake Raeside and Yerilla; at Lake Ballard. Their southern boundary lies at the change from their predominantly mulga country to the mallee Eucalypt country of the Maduwongga. After 1890 they were overwhelmed by a westward movement of Waljen and Nangatadjara tribes.

Co-ordinates: 120°50'E x 29°20'S

Area: 5,000 sq. m. (13,000 sq. km.)

References: Tindale, 1940, 1966 MS.

Alternative Names: Jata (valid alternative), Jata, Njata, Nata, Ngulutjara, Nguludjara, Kuru (valid variant), Kurutjara.

Inventory Listings

Item AA 338/1/15/2 - 'Harvard and Adelaide Universities Anthropological Expedition, Australia. 1938-1939. Journal and notes by Norman B. Tindale. 2'.

Item AA 338/1/27 - 'Journal of a trip to Western Australia in search of Tribal Data by Norman B. Tindale 1966'.

Item AA 338/15/61 - 'Vacuum Road Guide Western Australia'

Item AA 338/15/94 - 'Geological Map of the Commonwealth of Australia' (Sheet 3)

Item AA 338/18/32 - Perth (3351)

Item AA 338/18/33 - Kalgoorlie (3352)

Item AA 338/48/138 - 'TREE CLIMBING'

Item AA 338/48/139 - 'TREE CLIMBING'

Item AA 338/48/140 - 'TREE CLIMBING'

Item AA 338/48/142 - 'TREE CLIMBING'