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
Supplementary to: 'Anthropological Field Notes on the University of California at Los Angeles - University of Adelaide Anthropological Expedition, North West Australia. Volume II. Pp. 692a-1250', 1953 (AA 338/1/19/2).

Hand-drawn map showing 'tribal' boundaries in blue pencil in the northern coastal region of Western Australia, including La Grange, Broome, King Sound and Fitzroy River. Names of 'tribes' are written in red, with Aboriginal place names in india ink. Notes by Tindale refer to pages in his UCLA expedition 'notebook' (see journal 338/1/19/2).

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 338/23/6.

This item contains references to: Western Australia.

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

Creator: Dr Norman Barnett Tindale
Control: AA 338/23/7
Date Range:  1940  -  1974
Quantity:    1   map, 33.5x51.0 cm
Formats: Maps, Drawings
Series:  AA338/23
Tindale Tribes:
Baada, Djaberadjabera, Djaui, Djugun, Jawuru, Karadjari, Mangala, Ngombal, Nimanburu, Njikena, Njulnjul, Ongkarango, Umede, Warwa