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Miwa (WA)
| Location | East side of Napier Broome Bay and lower reaches of King Edward River; inland to about Mount Connelly; eastward to near Cape Bernier; inland on Drysdale River to the Barton Plain; eastward to the King George River and headwaters of the Berkeley River where the range is called Manungu by aborigines. The horde (clan) on the Carson River is called Taib or Taibange. It has some relationship also with the Wilawila tribe. Lucich (1966 MS) prefers the name Miwa; this term is said to mean 'saltwater'; the alternative is Konun. At Kalumburu Mission tribal distinctions have broken down in recent years and the people are now known by three new designations based on the directions of their original homes-namely Kulari, northwesterners; Kuini, southeasterners; and Walambi, westerners. |
Co-ordinates | 127°0'E x 14°10'S |
Area | 2,200 sq. m. (8,600 sq. km.) |
References | Elkin, 1933; Kaberry, 1937, 1939; Capell, 1939, 1940; Tindale, 1940 (in text only), 1953 MS; Hernandez, 1941; Coaldrake, 1954 MS (letter and map); Cawte, 1963; Lucich, 1966 MS. |
Alternative Names | Konun (valid alternative), Konan, Konin, Gonin, Kaianu, Kianu, Kyanoo, Murgura (name of eastern horde), Kuna, Kunange, Gunan, Koonange, Mande, Manda, Pago (not a tribal term but place name of old Drysdale Mission site), Bagu, Ba:gu, Manungu, Manunggu (a place or district name), Galumburu (place name of new Drysdale River Mission site), Kalumbura, Caloombooroo, Wulanggur (place name on Cape Talbot peninsula, also a horde name), Ulanggu Wulangu (Ngarinjin name for Miwa), Ulangu, Umari (place name on King George River), Pela, Boola, Pelange (use as tribal term not substantiated by Lucich), Walar (name of a snake clan). |
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 338/1/19/1
Date 18 October 1952 - 15 July 1953, 1933, 1952-56, 1964-65, 1974-75, 1977-78, 1980, 1982, 1985-1987
Quantity 6.5 cm, 1 buckram bound volume, 22.0x27.0cm, 703 pages with 5 loose items and 16 inserts
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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
Series AA338/15 - Maps - Expeditions, field work and personal research (not including South East of South Australia)
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Identifier AA 338/15/94
Date 1953 - , earliest date in annotation; map printed 1931
Quantity 1 map, 86.0x105.5 cm
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Identifier AA 338/15/115
Date 1953, date in annotation; map printed 1949
Quantity 1 map, 70.5x92.0 cm
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Identifier AA 338/15/122
Date 1953, date in annotation; map printed 1949
Quantity 1 map, 74.5x99.5 cm
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Identifier AA 338/15/123
Date 1953, date in annotation; map printed 1949
Quantity 1 map, 74.0x96.0 cm
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Identifier AA 338/15/227
Date 1954 - 1966, dates of annotations, map printed 1944
Quantity 1 74.8x54.6 cm
Series AA338/18 - Maps - 'World Aeronautical Chart series'
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Identifier AA 338/18/07
Date 1965 - c. 1974, from date of printing through approximate period map was used
Quantity 1 map, 51.5x76.5 cm
Series AA338/26 - 'Manuscript Documents on Tribes'
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Identifier AA 338/26/23/1-3
Date 24 December 1959
Quantity 3 pages
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Identifier AA 338/26/29/1-2
Date May 1966
Quantity 2 1 page and 1 map
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Identifier AA 338/26/61
Quantity 1 page
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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 346/4/22
Date 2 December 1952 - 7 August 1954
Quantity 176 cm, 4 card series; cards 20.5 x 12.7 cm
Series AA346/22 - Crayon drawings of 'native maps' relating to the University of California Los Angeles expedition to Western Australia, 1953-1954.
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Identifier AA 346/22/19
Date 29 August 1953
Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 crayon drawing, 36x53.5 cm
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Identifier AA 346/22/62
Date 1953
Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 crayon drawing, 36x53.5 cm
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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 689/9/17
Date 1952 - 1954, dates in annotations
Quantity 64 cm, 3 Albox boxes and one black folder with index
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