Wirdinja (WA)

LocationRobertson Range west to Ophthalmia Range; at Sylvania, Mundiwindi, Murramunda, and Jiggalong; south to heads of Ashburton and Ethel rivers; east along Savory Creek; eastern boundary not well established.
Co-ordinates120°20'E x 23°50'S
Area6,200 sq. m. (16,100 sq. km.)
ReferencesBrown, 1912, 1913; Bates, 1914; Connelly, 1932; Tindale, 1940, 1966 MS; Epling, 1953 MS; Brandenstein, 1966 MS.
Alternative NamesWirdinya, Woordinya, Jabura (basic meaning north), Mardo (means initiated man, i.e., circumcised and subincised. This name was a trap to J. Epling [1953 MS] and to myself on the 1940 map).
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