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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.

Collection AA338 Norman Barnett Tindale
Series AA338/01 - Bound volumes of expedition and office journals, notes and compilations 'University of Adelaide and University of California Anthropological Expedition, 1952-1954.' 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 '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 Series AA338/15 - Maps - Expeditions, field work and personal research (not including South East of South Australia) 'Geological Map of the Commonwealth of Australia' (Sheet 3) Identifier AA 338/15/94 Date 1953 - , earliest date in annotation; map printed 1931 Quantity 1 map, 86.0x105.5 cm 'Sheet 11 - Nabberu' (Topographical Series - Western Australia) Identifier AA 338/15/115 Date 1953, date in annotation; map printed 1949 Quantity 1 map, 70.5x92.0 cm 'Sheet 18 - Wyndham' (Topographical Series - Western Australia) Identifier AA 338/15/122 Date 1953, date in annotation; map printed 1949 Quantity 1 map, 74.5x99.5 cm 'Sheet 18 - Wyndham' (Topographical Series - Western Australia) Identifier AA 338/15/123 Date 1953, date in annotation; map printed 1949 Quantity 1 map, 74.0x96.0 cm 'Sheet D.5' (Port Keats, Northern Territory to August Island, Western Australia) 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' Darwin (3109) 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' 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 'Tribal Locations in the Northern Kimberley' by PH Lurich Identifier AA 338/26/29/1-2 Date May 1966 Quantity 2 1 page and 1 map 'Exchange of notes with Coaldrake [relating to the] Forrest River Mission' Identifier AA 338/26/61 Quantity 1 page
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 AA346/22 - Crayon drawings of 'native maps' relating to the University of California Los Angeles expedition to Western Australia, 1953-1954. 'Paddy Bedford Njungul b. Bedford Downs Kitja Tribe' Identifier AA 346/22/19 Date 29 August 1953 Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 crayon drawing, 36x53.5 cm 'Waiangalo (Bobby) 27 Aug 1953 Ngarinjin b. at Bangal bangal' Identifier AA 346/22/62 Date 1953 Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 crayon drawing, 36x53.5 cm
Collection AA689 Joseph Benjamin Birdsell
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