Sketch map showing 'tribes' in the King Sound coastal region of Western Australia

Archive Collections / Dr Norman Barnett Tindale / Series AA338/23 / Sketch map showing 'tribes' in the King Sound coastal region of Western Australia

Hand-drawn map showing 'tribal' boundaries in blue pencil in the northern coastal region of Western Australia including Broome, King Sound and Fitzroy River. Names of 'tribes' are written in red, with Aboriginal place names in india ink. Tindale's 1974 book, Aboriginal Tribes of Australia, contains a printed version of this sketch map: figure 37, 'Dampierland Peninsula, Western Australia, shows details of tribal distribution; includes the raft-using peoples of King Sound' (p. 146). See also map 338/23/7.

This item contains references to: Western Australia.

Tindale Tribes: Baada; Djaberadjabera; Djaui; Djugun; Jawuru; Ngombal; Nimanburu; Njikena; Njulnjul; Ongkarango; Umede; Warwa.

CreatorDr Norman Barnett Tindale
ControlAA 338/23/6
Date Range1940  -  1974
Quantity   1   map, 40.0x54.5 cm
FormatsMaps, Drawings
Series AA338/23