Watta (NT)

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Location: On eastern bank of South Alligator River, an inland tribe (Spencer). East to the headwaters of the East Alligator River. They are the southeasternmost of the noncircumcising people in the Northern Territory.

Co-ordinates: 132°45'E x 13°15'S

Area: 3,500 sq. m. (5,500 sq. km.)

References: Earl, 1846; Giglioli, 1911; Spencer, 1914; Elkin, Berndt and Berndt, 1951; Capell, 1963.

Alternative Names: Wada, Wad:a, ? Wadjigi:n, ? Marigianbirik (general term).

Inventory Listings

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

Item AA 338/18/08 - Roper River (3110)

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