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Kokatja (WA)


Location	About Gregory Lake and east to the area of the Pallotine Mission at Balgo North to Billiluna with a boundary water shared with the Djaru at Ngaimangaima, 12 miles (20 km.) south of Kandimalal (Wolf Creek Meteorite Crater); west to the Canning Stock Route wells from Godfrey Tank, n.n. ['Koninara], south to Well 40, n.n. ['Marawuru], the ['Nadawalu] of the Nangatara, their western neighbors with whom their only contact, at Kuljai (Gula, Tank 42 on maps) many years ago, had been hostile. Father Worms met the Kokatja both south and east of Gregory Salt Sea (Lake) during journeys in 1948 and 1950. Several different southern groups have come into Kokatja territory by following the Canning Stock Route northeastward since its development in 1910. These detached peoples usually are given the designation Julbaritja ('southerners'). More than one have been mentioned by authors in this region. Capell (1940) called one such group, west of Sturt Creek, the Julbre. The term is, of course, not tribally limited and it is useless as a distinguishing label. Western hordes of the Kokatja were called Nabijangkadjara and spoke 'heavy Kokatja.' They had associations with eastern hordes of the Walmadjari who were known as Wangkatjunga. Figure 11 shows a Kokatja man's sketch map of his country and his opinion of the placement of other tribes. The Kokatja language name is Nambulatji. This term is used also for the Walpiri in central Australia, perhaps indicating former closer contacts. The Walmadjari to the west call them ['tjilparta] because they appear tall to them. Davidson's 1938 map shows the name of the Balgo Mission as if it were a tribal name, Balgu, and 150 miles (240 km.) out of position in a west-southwesterly direction.
Co-ordinates	127°5'E x 20°45'S
Area	11,900 sq. m. (30,900 sq. km.)
References	Capell, 1940; Worms, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953 MS, 1954; Tindale, 1940, 1953 MS, 1956 MS; Birdsell, 1954 MS; Australian Encyclopedia, 1958; Berndt, 1965.
Alternative Names	Gogada, Gogadja, Gugudja, Gogoda, Gugadja, Kukuruba (of Ngalia tribe), Pardoo (applied to western hordes), Julbaritja (a general term from ['julbari] meaning south, term not tribally limited), Julbre (Capell's version), Ilbaridja, Nambulatji (language name), Bedengo (lit. 'rock hole people' implying shiftlessness), Bidong, Bidungo, Peedona, Peedong, Pidung, Pidunga, Manggai (name of a key southern watering place probably near 127°40'E. x 21°20'S), Wangkatjunga (southwestern hordes), Wangatjunga, Wangatunga, Wangkatunga, Wangkadjungga, Wankutjunga, Wanaeka, Wangu, Panara (general term for grass seed gatherers; see additional note under Northern Territory tribe Ngardi), Bunara, Boonara.
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 AA338 Norman Barnett Tindale
Series AA338/01 - Bound volumes of expedition and office journals, notes and compilations 'Anthropological Field Notes on the University of California at Los Angeles - University of Adelaide Anthropological Expedition, North West Australia. Volume II. Pp.692a-1250' Identifier AA 338/1/19/2 Date 15 July 1953 - 30 October 1953, 1953-55, 1 Oct 1958, 1961, 1964-65, 1979, 1981-82 Quantity 5 cm, 1 buckram bound volume, 22.1x26.8 cm, 'Anthropological Field Notes on the University of California at Los Angeles - University of Adelaide Anthropological Expedition, North West Australia. Index and Appendices. 1953. Volume III' 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 'Journal of Visit to the North West of South Australia and adjacent parts of Western Australia by Norman B. Tindale. April-May 1957'. Identifier AA 338/1/22/1 Date 23 April 1957 - 1 June 1957, 1902, c1907, 1928-1930s with gaps, 1940, 1950-1969 with gaps, 2721977 Quantity 4.8 cm, 1 buckram bound volume, 21.5x26.9 cm, 470 pages with 7 inserts and 2 loose items Series AA338/07 - Index cards relating to language research 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 AA338/15 - Maps - Expeditions, field work and personal research (not including South East of South Australia) 'XV/800 Eastern Division' - Western Australia survey map Identifier AA 338/15/84 Date 1953 - 1954, dates in annotation; map printed 1920 Quantity 1 map, 68.0x100.5 cm 'XV/800 Eastern Division' - Western Australia survey map Identifier AA 338/15/85 Date 1953, date in annotation; map printed 1920 Quantity 1 map, 62.0x90.0 cm 'Wiluna - Kimberley Stock Route Shewing Positions of Wells Constructed 1908-9-10' (Sheet 3) Identifier AA 338/15/90 Date 1953, date in annotation; date of printing unknown Quantity 1 map, 65.0x103.0 cm 'Wiluna - Kimberley Stock Route Shewing Positions of Wells Constructed 1908-9-10' (Sheet 4) Identifier AA 338/15/91 Date 1953, date in annotation; date of printing unknown Quantity 1 map, 65.0x104.0 cm 'F.5 - Tanami' (Western Australia and Northern Territory) [Map 'I'] Identifier AA 338/15/106 Date 1953 - 1964, dates in annotations; map printed 1945 Quantity 1 map, 55.0x75.0 cm 'F.5 - Tanami' (Western Australia and Northern Territory) [Map 'II'] Identifier AA 338/15/107 Date 1953 - 1964, dates in annotations; map printed 1945 Quantity 1 map, 54.5x75.0 cm 'Sheet 17 - Halls Creek' (Topographical Series - Western Australia) Identifier AA 338/15/120 Date 1953, date in annotation; map printed 1945 Quantity 1 map, 76.0x97.5 cm Series AA338/18 - Maps - 'World Aeronautical Chart series' Halls Creek (3222) Identifier AA 338/18/14 Date 1958 - c. 1974, from date of printing through approximate period map was used Quantity 1 map, 51.5x76.5 cm Oakover River (3230) Identifier AA 338/18/17 Date 1931 - 1976, date range of annotations; map printed 1958 Quantity 1 map, 51.5x76.5 cm Oakover River (3230) Identifier AA 338/18/18 Date 1967 - c. 1974, from date of printing through approximate period map was used Quantity 1 map, 51.5x76.5 cm Lake Mackay (3231) Identifier AA 338/18/19/1 Date 1931 - c. 1974, from date of first data collection (from Tindale's title) through approximate period map was used Quantity 1 map, 51.5x76.5 cm Lake Mackay (3231) Identifier AA 338/18/19/2 Date 1931 - c. 1974, from date of first data collection (from Tindale's title) through approximate period map was used Quantity 1 map, 51.5x76.5 cm Petermann Ranges (3344) Identifier AA 338/18/29 Date 1966 - c. 1974, from date of printing through approximate period map was used Quantity 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 338/19/6 Date 1974 - 1988, from date of publication to last date of annotation Quantity 1 map, 89.0x114.0 cm Series AA338/26 - 'Manuscript Documents on Tribes' Letter from Father Ernest Ailred Worms to NB Tindale relating to the spelling and distribution of Western Australian 'tribes' Identifier AA 338/26/11/1-2 Date 7 February 1953 Quantity 2 pages Letter from Joseph Bernard Birdsell to NB Tindale relating to the distribution of the Wahijankandjara and Potidjara Identifier AA 338/26/15 Date 30 July 1954 Quantity 1 page Letter from NB Tindale to Ian Mackay providing amendments to Mackay's proposed map of 'tribal distribution' for exhibition Identifier AA 338/26/23/1-3 Date 24 December 1959 Quantity 3 pages Letter from Fr Antony R Peile to NB Tindale relating to Gugadja language Identifier AA 338/26/53/1-2 Date 5 January 1976 Quantity 2 pages 'A Short outline of a Nangatara movement out of the western desert of Western Australia' Identifier AA 338/26/54/1-2 Date 10 December 1977 Quantity 2 pages Letter from Kim Ackerman to NB Tindale relating to his fieldwork in the Kimberleys, Western Australia Identifier AA 338/26/55/1-3 Date 3 March 1982 Quantity 3 pages Series AA338/39 - Australian Anthropology - Slides Volume 12 'NATIVE MAP Kokatja tribe larry's traverse of' Identifier AA 338/39/228 Date June 1970 Quantity 1 35mm colour slide Series AA338/41 - Australian Anthropology - Slides Volume 14 'W AUSTRALIA MANDJILDJARA TR. and JULBARITJA TR' Identifier AA 338/41/237 Date 18 September 1953 Quantity 1 35mm colour slide 'W. AUSTRALIA MANDJILDJARA TR. and JULBARITJA' Identifier AA 338/41/238 Date 18 September 1953 Quantity 1 35mm colour slide 'W. AUSTRALIA mandjildjara Tr . and JuLbaritja' Identifier AA 338/41/239 Date 18 September 1953 Quantity 1 35mm colour slide Series AA338/45 - Australian Anthropology - Slides Volume 18 'WITJA:RI TR. Perth, W.A.' Identifier AA 338/45/44 Date 23 September 1953 Quantity 1 35mm colour slide Series AA338/49 - Australian Anthropology - Slides Volume 22 'CARPENTARIAN and MURRAYIAN' Identifier AA 338/49/143 Date 23 September 1953 Quantity Series AA338/52 - Australian Archaeology - Slides Volume 25 'STONE POINTS' Identifier AA 338/52/57 Quantity
Collection AA346 Board for Anthropological Research
Series AA346/04 - Sociological, Anthropological, Vital Statistics and ACER data recorded onto cards by Board for Anthropological Research expedition members, 1923-1963. 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 AA346/21 - Crayon drawings relating to the University of California Los Angeles expedition to Western Australia, 1953. 'Frank of Ngokanitjarda country Julbaritja tribe' Identifier AA 346/21/1/90 Date 1953 Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 crayon drawing, 36x53.5 cm 'R 835 Puruka Julbaritja Tribe 29 July 1953' Identifier AA 346/21/1/91 Date 29 July 1953 Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 crayon drawing, 36x53.5 cm 'R 837 Wannwana Julbaritja Tr. 29 July 1953 his country is at Pukurangu & Wiriara' Identifier AA 346/21/1/92 Date 29 July 1953 Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 crayon drawing, 36x53.5 cm 'R 838 Pularawanga (Male) b. at Njimil W of C.S.R. Julbaritja Tribe 29 July 1953' Identifier AA 346/21/1/93 Date 29 July 1953 Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 crayon drawing, 36x53.5 cm 'R 837 Wanawana Julbaritja Tribe born Pikurangu' Identifier AA 346/21/1/94 Date 1953 Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 crayon drawing, 36x53.5 cm 'R 833 Frank Tjitil Julbaritja Tribe 29 July 1953' Identifier AA 346/21/1/96 Date 29 July 1953 Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 crayon drawing, 36x53.5 cm 'R 833 Frank Tjitil Julbaritja Tribe 29 July 1953' Identifier AA 346/21/1/97 Date 29 July 1953 Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 crayon drawing, 36x53.5 cm 'R838 Puljara wanja (male) b at Njimil W of C.S.R Julbaritja Tribe' Identifier AA 346/21/2/120 Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 crayon drawing, 36x53.5 cm Series AA346/22 - Crayon drawings of 'native maps' relating to the University of California Los Angeles expedition to Western Australia, 1953-1954. 'Sheet 194 R801- Paralji (male) b. in Julbaritja country' Identifier AA 346/22/10 Date 14 July 1953 Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 crayon drawing, 36x53.5 cm 'R833 sheet 222 Frank Tjitil (?) Julbaritja Tribe 25 July 1953' Identifier AA 346/22/11 Date 25 July 1953 Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 crayon drawing, 36x53.5 cm 'Julbaritja Tribe R1039 George Konadakara (?) of Tijaperka (?) 11 Sept 1953 Moolabulla Stn N.W.A' Identifier AA 346/22/13 Date 11 September 1953 Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 crayon drawing, 36x53.5 cm 'R.1041 Peter Padukutjara connected to Kokatja = Julbaritja Tribe see later drawing of Padukutjara near Kokabara Well Canning Stock Route' Identifier AA 346/22/14 Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 crayon drawing, 36x53.5 cm 'R.1037 Lamb Waijuta Julbaritja Tribe 11 Sept 1953' Identifier AA 346/22/15 Date 11 September 1953 Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 crayon drawing, 36x53.5 cm 'R.1037 Lamb Waijuta Julbaritja Tribe 11 Sept 1953' Identifier AA 346/22/15 Date 11 September 1953 Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 crayon drawing, 36x53.5 cm 'R1041 Peter' Identifier AA 346/22/16 Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 crayon drawing, 36x53.5 cm 'R1204 Jimmy Brown Wantara of Mawuritji 8 Oct. 1953' Identifier AA 346/22/17 Date 8 October 1953 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 'Map by Gordili R-1441Kokatja' Identifier AA 346/22/27 Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 crayon drawing, 36x53.5 cm 'Kokatja Tribe J.B. Birdsell Balgo Mission July 1954' Identifier AA 346/22/28 Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 crayon drawing, 36x53.5 cm 'R1200 Sam Kokatja Tribe' Identifier AA 346/22/32 Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 crayon drawing, 36x53.5 cm 'Jaloru's Map R-1440 Kokatja' Identifier AA 346/22/33 Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 crayon drawing, 36x53.5 cm 'Henry Wobatji R. 834 Mangala Tribe 25 July 1953' Identifier AA 346/22/47 Date 1953 Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 crayon drawing, 36x53.5 cm 'R963 Charlie Kakatji gen sheet 303 Mangala Tribe' Identifier AA 346/22/49 Date 1953 Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 crayon drawing, 36x53.5 cm '13 May 1953 Tommy Makaja Mandjildjara Tribe' Identifier AA 346/22/55 Date 13 May 1953 Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 crayon drawing, 36x53.5 cm 'Charlie Makardu Sheet 139 Njangamarda tribe 11 June 1953' Identifier AA 346/22/87 Date 1953 Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 crayon drawing, 36x53.5 cm 'N.W.A Tribal Distribution As of 1953 Data from Bob Tjanjaga Ngadi x Mangala raved as Njjigana Tribe Mr Beharrels driver data at La Grange NWA. 24 July 1953' Identifier AA 346/22/95 Date 24 July 1953 - 24 July 1953 Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 crayon drawing, 36x53.5 cm 'Thomas Ngardi Tribe 10 Oct 1953' Identifier AA 346/22/98 Date 1953 Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 crayon drawing, 36x53.5 cm 'Boxer Janggar 35 yrs born at Tanggu or vicinity Walmadjari country of Tjanggardi class.' Identifier AA 346/22/104 Date 28 August 1953 Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 crayon drawing, 36x53.5 cm 'R1202 Jack 8 Oct 53' Identifier AA 346/22/105 Date 8 October 1953 Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 crayon drawing, 36x53.5 cm 'R1834 Rogers His map of Walmadjari Country end extended along Canning Stock Route'. Identifier AA 346/22/106 Date August 1954 Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 crayon drawing, 36x53.5 cm 'Copy of Map by David Tjarayaru R1579 (gen sheet 668) J B Birdsell 24-5 May 1954' Identifier AA 346/22/113 Date 23 May 1953 Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 crayon drawing, 36x53.5 cm 'Davids Map of Wankadjungga R-1579' Identifier AA 346/22/114 Date 1953 Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 crayon drawing, 36x53.5 cm 'R936 Billy Kanda Kanda Wangatunga Tribe Derby N.W.A. 16 Aug 1953' Identifier AA 346/22/115 Date 16 August 1953 Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 crayon drawing, 36x53.5 cm
Collection AA689 Joseph Benjamin Birdsell
Series AA689/01 - Bound volumes of expedition journals, notes, anthropometric and morphometric data on Australian and foreign collections and blood grouping data. 'Isogenic Analysis' Identifier AA 689/1/6 Date c. 1952 - c. 1954, Date of related expedition, dates of annotation unknown Quantity 0.6 cm, 1 Faded blue hard-bound notebook with gray binding, 46pp., 31x20 cm 'Isogenic Analysis' Identifier AA 689/1/6 Date c. 1952 - c. 1954, Date of related expedition, dates of annotation unknown Quantity 0.6 cm, 1 Faded blue hard-bound notebook with gray binding, 46pp., 31x20 cm 'Serology 1' Identifier AA 689/1/7/1 Date c. 1952 - c. 1954, Date of related expedition, dates of annotation unknown Quantity 0.8 cm, 1 Faded blue hard-bound notebook with red binding, 44pp., 31.8x20.2 cm Series AA689/03 - Professional and personal correspondence Letter from NB Tindale to JB Birdsell, 20 June 1958 Identifier AA 689/3/1/25 Date 20 June 1958, dates of annotation Quantity 0.02 cm, 1 archive manila folder, 24.3x35.5 cm Letter from NB Tindale to JB Birdsell, 20 June 1958 Identifier AA 689/3/1/25 Date 20 June 1958, dates of annotation Quantity 0.02 cm, 1 archive manila folder, 24.3x35.5 cm Series AA689/09 - Anthropometric data cards from Board for Anthropological Research expeditions and cranial data cards recorded at numerous institutions 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