Pitjara (QLD)

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Location: Headwaters of Nogoa and Warrego rivers; south to Caroline, north of Augathella; east to Killarney and Chesterton; west to Nive River; north to Mantuan Downs. Not to be confused with Badjiri of the lower Warrego River or the Bitjara of southwestern Queensland. Some evidence suggests that a late prehistoric eastward movement of tribes south of Charleville caused a separation between the Pitjara and Badjiri; they are now separate tribes. The eastern boundary of the tribal area is marked by sheer cliffs and their country is well wooded.

Co-ordinates: 147°10'E x 24°55'S

Area: 6,400 sq. m. (16,600 sq. km.)

References: Conn, Playford and Hollingsworth in Curr, 1887; Kelly, 1935; Tindale, 1940.

Alternative Names: Bidjera, Peechera.

Inventory Listings

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

Item AA 338/15/40 - 'Queensland Showing Land Tenure 1937. Sheet 1.'

Item AA 338/18/25 - Charleville (3341)

Item AA 346/4/20 - Harvard and Adelaide Universities Anthropological Expedition sociological, anthropological and ACER data cards

Item AA 689/9/16 - Harvard and Adelaide Universities Expedition, Anthropological Data Cards, with Sociological Photographs attached. 1938-39.