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Balardong (WA)
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| | Location | York district and east to the vicinity of Tammin, Kununoppin, Waddouring Hill, and Bencubbin. North along the Avon River; at Toodyay, Goomalling, Wongan Hills, and northward to Kalannie where there is a native mine for white stone used for knives and multibarbed spears. South to Pingelly and Wickepin. Western boundary the Darling scarp. Coastal people called them Boijangura, 'Hill people.' As 'Booyungur' this has been given an interpretation of 'outsiders' or 'strangers' suggesting contacts originally were poor. Balardong is the native place name for York; seemingly no more valid term has been obtained for the tribe although the name ['Tap:anmai] (used at Goomalling) is in the style of the name of the tribe farther east and W. H. Douglas (A.I.A.S. Doc. 65-226) mentions a dialect called 'Tjapanmaya' in the vicinity of Nukarni out from Merredin. |
| Co-ordinates | 117°05'E x 31°45'S |
| Area | 10,500 sq. m. (27,300 sq. km.) |
| References | Nind, 1834; Hackett in Curr, 1886; Gilchrist in Curr, 1886; Bates, 1906, 1915; Giglioli, 1911; W. J. Rae, 1913 MS (PLWA no. PR 342); Spencer, 1914; Hope, 1916 MS; Tindale, 1940, 1966 MS; Douglas, 1966 per. comm. |
| Alternative Names | Ballardong, Balladong, Ballardon, Ballerdokking, Waljuk, Warrangul ('kangaroo country,' applied also to the Koreng), Warrangle, Warranger, Toode-nunjer (['Tu:de-njunga] = men of Toodyay a term applied by coastal people), Boijangura (hill people), Boyangoora, Booyungur, Maiawongi (name applied to language), Mudila, Mudilja, Mudi:a (terms applied by Kalamaia to this and the adjoining southwestern tribespeople who do not practice circumcision), Minang (name applied to this and other southwestern languages by Kalamaia, basic meaning is 'south'). |
This information is reproduced from NB Tindale's Aboriginal Tribes of Australia (1974). Please be aware that much of the data relating to Aboriginal language group distribution and definition has undergone revision since 1974. Please note also that this catalogue represents Tindale's attempt to depict Aboriginal tribal distribution at the time of European contact. |
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Series AA338/01 - Bound volumes of expedition and office journals, notes and compilations
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Identifier AA 338/1/19/3
Date 1952 - 1954, 1969, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1982
Quantity 4.7 cm, 1 buckram bound volume, 23.0x26.4cm, 538 pages, 4 inserts and 2 loose items
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Identifier AA 338/1/27
Date 15 March 1966 - c. 21 April 1966, 6 March 1966 - 6 August 1968 (with gaps), 27 February 1970, 31 August 1984, c1987
Quantity 4.7 cm, 1 buckram bound volume, 22.0x26.4cm, 559 pages with 12 inserts and 4 loose items in an envelope
Series AA338/18 - Maps - 'World Aeronautical Chart series'
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Identifier AA 338/18/32
Date 1963 - c. 1974, from date of printing through approximate period map was used
Quantity 1 map, 51.5x76.5 cm
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Identifier AA 338/18/44
Date 1939 - c. 1974, from date in annotation through approximate period map was used Map printed 1963
Quantity 1 map, 51.5x76.5 cm
Series AA338/26 - 'Manuscript Documents on Tribes'
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Identifier AA 338/26/31
Date undated
Quantity 1 index card
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Series AA346/04 - Sociological, Anthropological, Vital Statistics and ACER data recorded onto cards by Board for Anthropological Research expedition members, 1923-1963.
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Identifier AA 346/4/20
Date May 1938 - June 1939, some cards have later annotations
Quantity 350 cm, 11 file card drawers containing data cards
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Series AA689/09 - Anthropometric data cards from Board for Anthropological Research expeditions and cranial data cards recorded at numerous institutions
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Identifier AA 689/9/16
Date 1938 - 1939, dates of expedition
Quantity 166 cm, 41 grey Albox folders
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