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Pongaponga (NT)

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Location: On both banks of the Daly River inland from the coastal Wogait; may be only a horde of the Ngolokwangga; 4 on NW map.

Co-ordinates: 130°25'E x 13°25'S

Area: 200 sq. m. (500 sq. km.)

References: Mackillop, 1894; Foelsche, 1895; Basedow, 1907, 1925; Eylmann, 1908; Dahl, 1926; Stanner, 1933, 1970 MS; Mackay, 1969 MS.

Alternative Names: Pongo-pongo, ? Djiramo (Basedow regarded this as a horde of the Mulukmuluk, i.e., the Ngolokwangga).

Inventory Listings

Item AA 338/15/99 - 'D.6 - Darwin' (Northern Territory)

Item AA 338/18/07 - Darwin (3109)

Item AA 338/26/24/1-3 - Ian Mackay map depicting part of the Northern Territory 'tribal distributions' with NB Tindale amendments

Item AA 338/26/45/1-3 - NB Tindale's 'rough analysis'

Item AA 338/26/52/1-3 - Letter and annotated map from WEH Stanner to NB Tindale relating to the distribution of Northern Territory 'tribes'

Item AA 689/1/13 - Comparison of measurements between JB Birdsell's data and other morphometric data