Wadja (QLD)

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Location: Streams on east side of Expedition Range; south to Bigge Range; east nearly to Dawson River. Closely related to the Kangulu. The original inhabitants of Woorabinda. Native tradition is that they were formerly two separate small tribes, Wadja and Wainjigo. They lived together for 'a long time' until their separate identities were submerged.

Co-ordinates: 149°25'E x 24°30'S

Area: 3,300 sq. m. (8,600 sq. km.)

References: McIntosh in Curr, 1887; Tindale, 1940.

Alternative Names: Wainjago, Wainjigo, Wadjainggo, Wainggo.

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

Item AA 338/18/22 - Clermont (3234)

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