Thereila (QLD)

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Location: South from Nockatunga and Noccundra to Grey Range; on Dingera Creek; west to Bransby and lower Warrywarry Creek. According to Breen this appears to be the tribe that speaks Mamwura or Mambanjura. Their early name was not recognized in 1969.

Co-ordinates: 142°10'E x 28°5'S

Area: 2,800 sq. m. (7,300 sq. km.)

References: Myles in Curr, 1886; Tindale, 1940; Breen, 1969 MS.

Alternative Names: Thiralla, Mambanjura (language name), Mambanyura, Mambangura, Mamwura, Ngandangura (of a Kalali informant, but see Ngandangara).

Inventory Listings

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

Item AA 338/18/26 - Cooper Creek (3342)

Item AA 338/18/36 - Broken Hill (3355)

Item AA 338/26/48/1-10 - JG Breen letter to NB Tindale relating to the distribution and language of Queensland, Northern Territory and South Australian 'tribes'