Tindale Tribes

Tindale's Catalogue of Australian Aboriginal Tribes

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Kokata (SA)


Location	At Tarcoola, Kingoonyah, Pimba, and McDouall Peak; west to Ooldea and the Ooldea Range; north to Stuart Range and Lake Phillipson. The junction between Kokata and Pangkala territories is at the rather sudden drop down from the open plateau to the Acacia scrub-covered low hills and salt lake area nearer the gulf. Southeastward migratory movements were in progress before 1850; earliest positively known boundaries are indicated on map; the Ooldea area was abandoned after the arrival of Jangkundjara from the north in 1917. The Kokata were the so-called Gawler Range tribe. Their original northwestern boundary was somewhere near 130°E longitude. Their territory included some of the most inhospitable country in Australia; the water from tree roots was a necessary source over much of the area.
Co-ordinates	134°0'E x 29°20'S
Area	54,000 sq. m. (140,400 sq. km)
References	Schürmann, 1844, 1846, 1879; Hack, 1858; Wilhelmi, 1860; Provis in Taplin, 1879; Tietkins, 1880; Curr, 1886; East, 1889; Mathews, 1900 (Gr. 6524, 6448); Howitt and Siebert, 1904; Eylmann, 1908; Bates, 1918; Black, 1920; Jones and Campbell, 1924; Basedow, 1925; Tindale, 1928 MS, 1940, 1951, 1958, 1964 MSS; Sullivan, 1928; Elkin, 1931; Davidson, 1938; Tindale in Condon, 1955; Berndt, 1959; Platt, 1967, 1968, 1970.
Alternative Names	Ku:gurda wongga, Kukatha, Kukata, Kokatha, Cocotah, Kookata, Cookutta, Kookatha, Koogatho, Ku-gurda, Koogurda, Koocatho, Kotit-ta, Kukataja, Gogada, Gugada, Kokatja (Jangkundjara pronunciation), Madu-wonga (Arabana, also Jangkundjara term), Madutara (An-takirinja term), Keibara (i.e., 'plain turkeys'-a derisive term), Geebera (eastern term), Nganitjiddia, Nganitjidi, Nganitjini ('those who sneak and kill by night,' a name applied by Nauo and Pangkala), Kakarrura (as 'karkurera' means 'east'; applied apprently to horde west of Lake Torrens), Yallingarra (based on cardinal term 'alindjara' meaning 'east'; read the g as dj).
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.

Collection AA207 Franz Xavier Carl Wilhelm Martin
Series AA207/1 - 'Notes and Vocabulary of the Dieri Tribe' 'Notes and Vocabulary of the Dieri Tribe' Identifier AA 207/1 Date December 1933, dated by NB Tindale Quantity 0.5 cm, 2 1 original typescript and 1 retyped copy Series AA207/2 - Correspondence relating to Australian Aboriginal people in the Cooper Creek region Correspondence relating to Australian Aboriginal people in the Cooper Creek region Identifier AA 207/2/1-2 Date 1933 - 1935 Quantity 0.5 cm, 2 letters
Collection AA26 Robert Arthur Bedford
Series AA26/01 - 'Manuscript notes on Blackfellow tribes and languages of Eyre's Peninsula' 'Manuscript notes on Blackfellow tribes and languages of Eyre's Peninsula' Identifier AA 26/1/1-2 Date 1920 - 1952 Quantity 1 cm, 2 original manuscript and carbon copy
Collection AA266 Johann Georg Reuther
Series AA266/25 - Translation of Volumes I to XIII of Reuther's Manuscript by Philipp Scherer 'AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL PLACE-NAMES by REV. J.G. REUTHER (Vol. VIIA) Translated by Rev. P.A. Scherer' Identifier AA 266/25/10/1-144 Date 1976 Quantity 3.5 cm, 144 A4 pages 'AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL PLACE-NAMES by REV. J.G. REUTHER (Vol. VIIB) Translated by Rev. P.A. Scherer' & 'ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF THE PLACE-NAMES Arranged by the Translator' Identifier AA 266/25/11/1-399 Date 1978 Quantity 4 cm, 399 A4 pages
Collection AA290 Harold Llewellyn Sheard
Series AA290/02 - Photographs - Australian Aboriginal Culture 'Mickie Aboriginal boy from Ooldea' Identifier AA290/2/2/1 Date 12/07/1926 Quantity 0.01 cm, 1 Original photographic print 'Mickie Aboriginal boy 16 years from Ooldea East West line' Identifier AA290/2/2/2 Date 12/07/1926 Quantity 0.01 cm, 1 Original photographic print Australian Aboriginal boy, Mickie Identifier AA290/2/2/3 Date 12/07/1926 Quantity 0.01 cm, 1 Copy print 'Mickie Aboriginal boy from Ooldea' Identifier AA290/2/2/4 Date 12/07/1926 Quantity 0.01 cm, 1 Original photographic print Australian Aboriginal boy, Mickie Identifier AA290/2/2/5 Date 12/07/1926 Quantity 0.01 cm, 1 Copy print
Collection AA338 Norman Barnett Tindale
Series AA338/01 - Bound volumes of expedition and office journals, notes and compilations 'Field Notes and Journal on the Anthropological Expedition to Koonibba on the West Coast of South Australia by Norman B. Tindale. August 1928. Adelaide, S. Australia'. Identifier AA 338/1/5 Date 10 June 1926 - 28 August 1928, 5 February 1932, 1 May 1987 Quantity 1.8 cm, 1 buckram bound volume, 21.8x28.0 cm, 134 pages, 1 insert, 16 loose items 'Visits to Ooldea, S. Aust. to study the Aborigines by Norman B. Tindale in 1934 and 1951. Adelaide. S. Australia.' Identifier AA 338/1/13 Date 2 October 1934 - 29 April 1951, Oct-Nov 1934 & April 1951; additional notes from 1935, 1939, 1949, 1952, 1955, 1970, 1984 Quantity 4 cm, 1 buckram bound volume, 21.0x27.0 cm, 482 pages, 5 inserts 1 loose item and 1 pocket of photographs 'Harvard and Adelaide Universities Anthropological Expedition, Australia. 1938-1939. Journal and notes by Norman B. Tindale. 2'. Identifier AA 338/1/15/2 Date 10 September 1938 - c. 1980, 10 September 1938 - 26 June 1939, 1940s, 1966, 1950s?, 1980s Quantity 4.5 cm, 1 22.0x26.5cm, 542 pages, 8 inserts 'Visit to Lake Eyre 1955 with anthropological notes by Norman B. Tindale. 1955' Identifier AA 338/1/20 Date 12 July 1955 - 3 August 1955, 20 August 1934, 10 May - 8 December 1955, March 1957, April 1958, 1962 Quantity 2 cm, 1 hardcover exercise book, 20.4x25.8 cm, 188 pages with 1 loose items and 6 attachments 'Journal of Visit to the Rawlinson Range area in the Great Western Desert by Norman B. Tindale. 24 October - 25 November 1963'. Identifier AA 338/1/26 Date 24 October 1963 - 25 November 1963, 21 Nov 1961-1964, 31 August 1965, 19-20 Sept 1969, 9 April 1970, 4 April 1981, 10 Dec 1987 Quantity 3.2 cm, 1 buckram bound volume, 21.3x26.2 cm, 353 pages with 6 inserts and 1 loose item 'Research data on aboriginal tribes in Australia gathered by Norman B. Tindale. Chiefly from South, West and Central Australia. Period 1924 to 1936'. Identifier AA 338/1/29 Date 24 August 1895 - 7 February 1934, 24 August 1895, 20 January 1916, c1920, July 1925, 1926-1928, 1931, 4 May 1932, 7 February 1934 Quantity 1.5 cm, 1 red hardcover exercise book, 21.7x28.1 cm 'Notes on the Coastal tribes of the Western Part of South Australia by Norman B. Tindale. South Australian Museum. (incomplete) 1928 mss unpublished.' Identifier AA 338/1/30 Date 1 July 1896 - 31 October 1983, 1 July 1896, October 1927, 1928, September 1935, 1945, 1977, 19 April 1980, 31 October 1983 Quantity 2.2 cm, 1 red hard cover exercise book, 21.7x28.1 cm, 62 single sided pages and a pocket with 68 loose items 'Notes on the Kaurna or Adelaide Tribe and the natives of Yorke Peninsula and the Middle North of South Australia by Norman B. Tindale. 1935- ' Identifier AA 338/1/35 Date 1935 - 1969, 12 June 1839, 1844, 1852, 1907, 1911, 1921, 1926-1951 with gaps, 1952, 1960's, 1971, 1975, and 1984 Quantity 3.4 cm, 1 hard cover exercise book, 20.0x25.4 cm, 182 pages with 2 loose item and 13 inserts 'Entomology and General Field Trips by Norman B Tindale. 1964-1965. Adelaide, S. Australia'. Identifier AA 338/1/43/3 Date 13 October 1964 - November 1965, 1829; 1982 Quantity 6.2 cm, 1 buckram bound volume, 21.2x26.2cm, 766 pages with 3 inserts and 3 loose items Series AA338/04 - Copies of journals Copy of Research data on aboriginal tribes in Australia gathered by Norman B. Tindale. Chiefly from South, West and Central Australia. Period 1924 to 1936. Identifier AA 338/4/45/1-65 Date 24 August 1895 - 7 February 1934, 24 August 1895, 20 January 1916, c1920, July 1925, 1926-1928, 1931, 4 May 1932, 7 February 1934 Quantity 1.9 cm, 1 green hardcover exercise book, 21.7x28.1 cm Copy of Notes on the Coastal tribes of the Western part of South Australia by Norman B. Tindale. South Australian Museum (incomplete) 1928 ms. Unpublished. Identifier AA 338/4/46 Date 1928 - September 1977, 1928, September 1935, September 1977 Quantity 1.2 cm, 1 green hard-cover book, 21.7x27.9cm, 48 single sided pages Series AA338/05 - Photographs relating to journals Photographs relating to the Anthropological Expedition to Koonibba, August 1928. Identifier AA 338/5/5 Date 1926 - 1928, November 1926; August 1928 Quantity 9 cm, 2 Albox folders Series AA338/07 - Index cards relating to language research Vocabularies Identifier AA 338/7/1/1 Date 1924 - c. 1991 Quantity 16.5 cm, 1 shoebox, approx. 8.6 cm of cards 'Pitjandjara' Identifier AA 338/7/1/15 Date 1928 - c. 1991 Quantity 16.5 cm, 1 shoebox, approx. 1.6 cm of cards and approx. 2.8 cm of paper slips 'Place Names: S.E. of S. Australia for Geo Names Board, Adelaide' Identifier AA 338/7/1/43 Date c. 1924 - c. 1991 Quantity 16.5 cm, 1 shoebox, approx. 16.7 cm of cards 'Place Names: S.E. of S. Australia' Identifier AA 338/7/1/45 Date c. 1928 - c. 1991 Quantity 16.5 cm, 1 cardboard box, approx. 7.1 cm of cards Pitjandjara, South Australia, N.B. Tindale Identifier AA 338/7/2/3 Date 1931 - c. 1966, recorded mostly in the 1930s Quantity 15.4 cm, 1 metal filing drawer, approx. 27.5 cm of cards Pitjandjara, South Australia, N.B. Tindale Identifier AA 338/7/2/4 Date 1931 - c. 1966, recorded mostly in the 1930s Quantity 15.4 cm, 1 metal filing drawer, approx. 35 cm of cards Pitjandjara, South Australia, N.B. Tindale Identifier AA 338/7/2/5 Date 1931 - c. 1966, recorded mostly in the 1930s Quantity 15.4 cm, 1 metal filing drawer, approx. 25.5 cm of cards Pitjandjara, South Australia Identifier AA 338/7/2/6 Date 1931 - c. 1966 Quantity 15.4 cm, 1 metal filing drawer, approx. 35 cm of cards Parallel Vocabulary 1, Harvard Expedition, A-K Identifier AA 338/7/2/58 Date 1938 - c. 1958 Quantity 15.4 cm, 1 metal filing drawer, approx. 29 cm of cards Parallel Vocabulary 2, Harvard Expedition, L-S Identifier AA 338/7/2/59 Date 1938 - c. 1958 Quantity 15.4 cm, 1 metal filing drawer, approx. 24 cm of cards Parallel Vocabulary 3, Harvard Expedition, T-Z Identifier AA 338/7/2/60 Date 1938 - c. 1958 Quantity 15.4 cm, 1 metal filing drawer, approx. 29.5 cm of cards Series AA338/08 - Compiled vocabularies and grammatical sketches 'Vocabulary, Pitjantjatjara - English' Identifier AA 338/8/9 Date 1933 - 1965, typed in 1963, with annotations 1963-65 Quantity 1.2 cm, 1 cardboard bound volume, 103pp. Vocabulary of the Wirrangu and Kukata languages Identifier AA 338/8/14 Date 1925 - 1929, wordlist prepared in 1929 Quantity 6 cm, 1 foolscap Albox folder, 13pp. typescript with ink annotations Bird Names gathered by Norman B. Tindale 1928-1929 Identifier AA 338/8/15 Date 1929 Quantity 1.1 cm, 1 notebook (18.7x23.7 cm), containing 62 handwritten paper slips Parallel Vocabularies Identifier AA 338/8/20 Date 1934 - c. 1976 Quantity 44 cm, 1 type 10.1 box Series AA338/11 - Speech and sound recordings Mann & Musgraves Ranges (SA) 1933 Identifier AA 338/11/6/Tracks 1-33 Date 1933 Quantity 34 wax cylinders, 1 access CD Gerard (SA) 1964 Identifier AA 338/11/27/CDs 1-4 Date 1964 Quantity 4 x 5 inch magnetic tapes, 4 access CDs Series AA338/12 - Documentation for speech and sound recordings Song records (notebooks) Identifier AA 338/12/1 Date 1930 - 1963 Quantity 8.5 cm, 1 x type 2 box containing 9 notebooks Series AA338/15 - Maps - Expeditions, field work and personal research (not including South East of South Australia) 'N B Tindale's early enquiries 1920-1930' (South Australia) Identifier AA 338/15/2 Date 1920 - 1930, dates in annotations; map printed 1912 Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 71.0x102.0 cm 'Northern SA Early tribal data' Identifier AA 338/15/3 Date 1920 - 1930, dates on original map. date of copying unknown Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 52.0x69.0 cm 'South Australia showing Native Tribes' Identifier AA 338/15/4 Date c. 1929 - c. 1930, approximate date range of data Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 68.0x101.0 cm Map of Ooldea Range and northern surrounds Identifier AA 338/15/16 Date 1933 - 1934 Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 66.5x94.3cm Map of Nullarbor Plains, South Australia and northern surrounds Identifier AA 338/15/22 Date 1934 - 1965, dates in annotations; date of printing unknown Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 91.0x141.0 cm Map of Ooldea Range and northern surrounds (Photocopy of original) Identifier AA 338/15/26 Date 1933 - 1934 Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 73.0x104.0 cm Map of Australia showing 'tribal' distribution Identifier AA 338/15/67 Date dates of printing and annotation unknown Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 50.5x68.5 cm 'Geological Map of the Commonwealth of Australia' (Sheet 3) Identifier AA 338/15/94 Date 1953 - , earliest date in annotation; map printed 1931 Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 86.0x105.5 cm 'H.6 - Coober Pedy' (South Australia) Identifier AA 338/15/97 Date 1933 - 1957, dates in annotations; map printed 1949 Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 53.0x76.5 cm Series AA338/18 - Maps - 'World Aeronautical Chart series' Petermann Ranges (3344) Identifier AA 338/18/28 Date 1963 - c. 1974, from date in annotation through approximate period map was used Map printed 1959 Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 51.5x76.5 cm Nullarbor Plain (3353) Identifier AA 338/18/34 Date 1933 - c. 1974, from date in annotation through approximate period map was used Map printed 1963 Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 51.5x76.5 cm Tarcoola (3354) Identifier AA 338/18/35 Date 1928 - c. 1974, from date in annotation through approximate period map was used Map printed 1963 Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 51.5x76.5 cm Series AA338/19 - Maps - 'Tribal Boundaries in Aboriginal Australia', published 1974 'Tribal Boundaries in Aboriginal Australia. 1974' Identifier AA 338/19/5 Date 1974, date of publication Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 89.0x114.0 cm Series AA338/22 - Maps - Continental distribution of material culture traits, etc. ' "Nations" as described by early writers.' Identifier AA 338/22/35 Date c. 1940 - ?, date of annotation unknown Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 34.0x44.5 cm
Collection AA346 Board for Anthropological Research
Series AA346/03 - Papers relating to the Board for Anthropological Research expeditions, 1923-1939. Papers relating to the Board for Anthropological Research expeditions Identifier AA 346/3/1-14 Date 1923 - 1939 Quantity 30 cm, 5 A3 Albox folders Series AA346/04 - Sociological, Anthropological, Vital Statistics and ACER data recorded onto cards by Board for Anthropological Research expedition members, 1923-1963. 'South Australia Unnumbered' data cards Identifier AA346/4/2 Date c. 1927 - c. 1932, most cards are undated Quantity 1.5 cm, 1 card series; cards 20.5 x 12.7 cm Mount Eba (South Australia) anthropological data cards Identifier AA 346/4/6 Date 1923 - c. 1937 Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 card series; cards 20.5 x 12.7 cm Koonibba (South Australia) sociological and anthropological data cards Identifier AA 346/4/9 Date August 1928 Quantity 5.5 cm, 3 card series; cards 20.5 x 12.7 cm Harvard and Adelaide Universities Anthropological Expedition sociological, anthropological and ACER data cards 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 University of California at Los Angeles and University of Adelaide Anthropological Expedition sociological and anthropological data cards Identifier AA 346/4/22 Date 2 December 1952 - 7 August 1954 Quantity 176 cm, 4 card series; cards 20.5 x 12.7 cm Series AA346/09 - Films recorded during the Board for Anthropological expeditions, 1926-1966. Koonibba, South Australia, 1928. Identifier AA 346/9/28 Date 13 August 1928 - 25 August 1928, dates of expedition Quantity 6 cm, 4 film items. Formats: 16mm, Betacams, DVDs Series AA346/22 - Crayon drawings of 'native maps' relating to the University of California Los Angles expedition to Western Australia, 1953-1954. 'R1041 Peter' Identifier AA 346/22/16 Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 crayon drawing, 36x53.5 cm 'Ngardi Tribe Map by Nangamara at Balgo Mission J.B. Birdsell Aug. 1954 (Copied by NB. Tindale)' Identifier AA 346/22/26 Date August 1954 Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 crayon drawing, 36x53.5 cm
Collection AA362 Rodney James Weathersbee
Series AA362/01 - Papers relating to Australian archaeological fieldwork Papers relating to Australian archaeological fieldwork Identifier AA 362/1/1-19 Date 1961 - 1981 Quantity 18 cm, 1 type 1.1 box
Collection AA52 Thomas Draper Campbell
Series AA52/01 - Field diaries, notebooks and other data relating to fieldwork Field diaries, notebooks and other data relating to fieldwork Identifier AA 52/1 Date 1920 - 1966 Quantity 14 cm,
Collection AA62 Edmund Albert Colson
Series AA62/01 - Correspondence and manuscript relating to Australian Aboriginal mythology and ceremonies as well as a hand drawn map Correspondence and manuscript relating to Australian Aboriginal mythology and ceremonies as well as a hand drawn map Identifier AA 62/1 Date 1931 - 1932 Quantity 5 cm,
Collection AA689 Joseph Bernard Birdsell
Series AA689/09 - Anthropometric data cards from Board for Anthropological Research expeditions and cranial data cards recorded at numerous institutions Harvard and Adelaide Universities Expedition, Anthropological Data Cards, with Sociological Photographs attached. 1938-39. Identifier AA 689/9/16 Date 1938 - 1939, dates of expedition Quantity 166 cm, 41 grey Albox folders The University of California at Los Angeles and University of Adelaide Anthropological Data Cards, 1952-54. Identifier AA 689/9/17 Date 1952 - 1954, dates in annotations Quantity 64 cm, 3 Albox boxes and one black folder with index
Collection AA824 Anthropological Society of SA
Series AA824/02 - Papers relating to Australian Aboriginal ethnography Papers relating to Australian Aboriginal ethnography Identifier AA 824/2/1-15 Date 1926 - 1930 Quantity 3 cm,

Series AA207/1 - 'Notes and Vocabulary of the Dieri Tribe'

Series AA207/2 - Correspondence relating to Australian Aboriginal people in the Cooper Creek region

Series AA26/01 - 'Manuscript notes on Blackfellow tribes and languages of Eyre's Peninsula'

Series AA266/25 - Translation of Volumes I to XIII of Reuther's Manuscript by Philipp Scherer

Series AA290/02 - Photographs - Australian Aboriginal Culture

Series AA338/01 - Bound volumes of expedition and office journals, notes and compilations

Series AA338/04 - Copies of journals

Series AA338/05 - Photographs relating to journals

Series AA338/07 - Index cards relating to language research

Series AA338/08 - Compiled vocabularies and grammatical sketches

Series AA338/11 - Speech and sound recordings

Series AA338/12 - Documentation for speech and sound recordings

Series AA338/15 - Maps - Expeditions, field work and personal research (not including South East of South Australia)

Series AA338/18 - Maps - 'World Aeronautical Chart series'

Series AA338/19 - Maps - 'Tribal Boundaries in Aboriginal Australia', published 1974

Series AA338/22 - Maps - Continental distribution of material culture traits, etc.

Series AA346/03 - Papers relating to the Board for Anthropological Research expeditions, 1923-1939.

Series AA346/04 - Sociological, Anthropological, Vital Statistics and ACER data recorded onto cards by Board for Anthropological Research expedition members, 1923-1963.

Series AA346/09 - Films recorded during the Board for Anthropological expeditions, 1926-1966.

Series AA346/22 - Crayon drawings of 'native maps' relating to the University of California Los Angles expedition to Western Australia, 1953-1954.

Series AA362/01 - Papers relating to Australian archaeological fieldwork

Series AA52/01 - Field diaries, notebooks and other data relating to fieldwork

Series AA62/01 - Correspondence and manuscript relating to Australian Aboriginal mythology and ceremonies as well as a hand drawn map

Series AA689/09 - Anthropometric data cards from Board for Anthropological Research expeditions and cranial data cards recorded at numerous institutions

Series AA824/02 - Papers relating to Australian Aboriginal ethnography