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Ngaiawang (SA)


Location	Along Murray River from Herman Landing to Penn Reach; west to scarp of Mount Lofty Ranges. Devon Downs Rock-shelter, Ngautngaut, was at their southern boundary, a place where eastern visitors, especially the Ngarkat, came during dry times to get water from the Murray River. Eyre (1846) encountered them at Lake Bonney; about ten hordes are known, including Molo, not previously recognized. Moorhouse and Ewens carried the southern limits of the tribe too far downstream leaving no room for the Nganguruku; this tribe is one of the group of smaller tribes along the lower Murray River known to early settlers as Meru. For these Mathews (1898) proposed the artificial 'nation' term Narrinyeri originally used in a different sense by Taplin. Richardson gave a name Yokka-yokka for natives at North West Bend but his placings are open to doubt. This name in the form Jakojako applies better to the Danggali who also only visited the river during periods of major drought.
Co-ordinates	139°35'E x 34°15'S
Area	2,400 sq. m. (6,200 sq. km.)
References	Eyre, 1845; Moorhouse, 1846; Taplin, 1873; Lewis, 1873-1875; Ewens in Taplin, 1879; Fulford in Curr, 1886; East, 1889; Mathews, 1898 (Gr. 6464); Tindale in Parkhouse, 1935; Tindale, 1939, 1940 and MS; Boehm, 1939.
Alternative Names	Ngaijawa (valid alternative), Ngaiyawa, Ngaiawung, Ngaiyau, Naiawu (language name), Niawoo, Aiawung, Aiawong (said to be language name, Eyre was tone deaf to initial ng sound). Iawung, Nggauaiyo-wangko, Wakanuwan (name applied by the Jarildekald to this, the Nganguruku, and other tribes; they called the language Walkalde), Karn-brikolenbola (horde at Moorunde), Birta (Kaurna and Ngadjuri term), Pijita, Pitta, Pieta, Peeita, Meru (term for man), Murundi (term used for the Murray River, upriver from Lake Alexandrina in the Jarildekald language, also a given place name south of Blanchetown), Moorunde, Moorundee, Moorundie, Paruru (a derisive term meaning 'uncircumcised' also 'animal,' used by the Kaurna tribe for these and other Murray River tribespeople who do not circumcise).
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 AA290 Harold Llewellyn Sheard
Series AA290/02 - Photographs - Australian Aboriginal Culture Group at Swan Reach Identifier AA290/2/1/1 Date c. 1932 Quantity 0.01 cm, 2 Original and copy print Children at Swan Reach Identifier AA290/2/1/2 Date c. 1932 Quantity 0.01 cm, 2 Original and copy print Group at Swan Reach Identifier AA290/2/1/3 Date c. 1925 Quantity 0.01 cm, 2 Original and copy print Group at Swan Reach Identifier AA290/2/1/4 Date c. 1925 Quantity 0.01 cm, 2 Original and copy print Mother and children Identifier AA290/2/1/5 Date c. 1934 Quantity 0.01 cm, 2 Original and copy print Group of children and teacher, Swan Reach School. Identifier AA290/2/1/6 Date c. 1933 Quantity 0.01 cm, 2 Original and copy print Group of men at camp Identifier AA290/2/1/7 Date c. 1934 Quantity 0.01 cm, 1 Copy print Group at Swan Reach Identifier AA290/2/1/8 Date c. 1925 Quantity 0.01 cm, 1 Copy print Large group of people at Swan Reach Identifier AA290/2/1/9 Date c. 1934 Quantity 0.01 cm, 1 Copy print Large group of people at Swan Reach Identifier AA290/2/1/10 Date c. 1934 Quantity 0.01 cm, 1 Copy print Family in front of house at Swan Reach Identifier AA290/2/1/11 Date c. 1925 Quantity 0.01 cm, 2 Original and copy print Frank Fletcher Identifier AA290/2/1/12 Date c. 1925 Quantity 0.01 cm, 1 Copy print Frank Fletcher Identifier AA290/2/1/13 Date c. 1925 Quantity 0.01 cm, 1 Copy print Portrait of Amy Johnson and Robert McKinley Identifier AA290/2/1/14 Date c. 1920 - 1930 Quantity 0.01 cm, 1 Copy print Portrait of Amy Johnson Identifier AA290/2/1/15 Date c. 1920 - 1930 Quantity 0.01 cm, 1 Copy print Side portrait of Amy Johnson Identifier AA290/2/1/16 Date c. 1920 - 1930 Quantity 0.01 cm, 1 Copy print Australian Aboriginal man holding boomerang Identifier AA290/2/1/17 Date c. 1920 - 1930 Quantity 0.01 cm, 2 Original and copy print Jimmy James Identifier AA290/2/1/18 Date c. 1920 - 1930 Quantity 0.01 cm, 1 Copy print Jimmy James Identifier AA290/2/1/19 Date c. 1920 - 1930 Quantity 0.01 cm, 1 Copy print Jimmy James and Fred Murray from behind Identifier AA290/2/1/20 Date c. 1920 - 1930 Quantity 0.01 cm, 1 Copy print Jimmy James and Fred Murray Identifier AA290/2/1/21 Date c. 1920 - 1930 Quantity 0.01 cm, 1 Copy print Side portrait of Australian Aboriginal man Identifier AA290/2/1/22 Date c. 1920 - 1930 Quantity 0.01 cm, 1 Copy print Jimmy James and Fred Murray Identifier AA290/2/1/23 Date c. 1920 - 1930 Quantity 0.01 cm, 1 Copy print Jimmy James and Fred Murray Identifier AA290/2/1/24 Date c. 1920 - 1930 Quantity 0.01 cm, 1 Copy print Jimmy James and Fred Murray Identifier AA290/2/1/25 Date c. 1920 - 1930 Quantity 0.01 cm, 1 Copy print Jimmy James Identifier AA290/2/1/26 Date c. 1920 - 1930 Quantity 0.01 cm, 1 Copy print Fred Murray and Jimmy James Identifier AA290/2/1/27 Date c. 1920 - 1930 Quantity 0.01 cm, 1 Copy print Fred Murray and Jimmy James Identifier AA290/2/1/28 Date c. 1920 - 1930 Quantity 0.01 cm, 1 Copy print Fred Murray and Jimmy James Identifier AA290/2/1/29 Date c. 1920 - 1930 Quantity 0.01 cm, 1 Copy print Jimmy James Identifier AA290/2/1/30 Date c. 1920 - 1930 Quantity 0.01 cm, 1 Copy print Jimmy James Identifier AA290/2/1/31 Date c. 1920 - 1930 Quantity 0.01 cm, 1 Copy print Jimmy James Identifier AA290/2/1/32 Date c. 1920 - 1930 Quantity 0.01 cm, 1 Copy print Jimmy James Identifier AA290/2/1/33 Date c. 1920 - 1930 Quantity 0.01 cm, 1 Copy print Jimmy James Identifier AA290/2/1/34 Date c. 1920 - 1930 Quantity 0.01 cm, 1 Copy print Jimmy James Identifier AA290/2/1/35 Date c. 1920 - 1930 Quantity 0.01 cm, 1 Copy print Jimmy James Identifier AA290/2/1/36 Date c. 1920 - 1930 Quantity 0.01 cm, 1 Copy print Jimmy James Identifier AA290/2/1/37 Date c. 1920 - 1930 Quantity 0.01 cm, 1 Copy print Jimmy James Identifier AA290/2/1/38 Date c. 1920 - 1930 Quantity 0.01 cm, 1 Copy print Jimmy James Identifier AA290/2/1/39 Date c. 1920 - 1930 Quantity 0.01 cm, 1 Copy print Jimmy James Identifier AA290/2/1/40 Date c. 1920 - 1930 Quantity 0.01 cm, 1 Copy print Children at Swan Reach Identifier AA290/2/1/41 Date c. 1920 - 1930 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 'Murray River Notes by Norman B. Tindale. 1930-1952. Adelaide, South Australia' Identifier AA 338/1/31/1 Date 7 November 1932 - 23 November 1952, 13 July 1853, 1863, c1870-80, 1926-1927, 1929-1939, 1941, 3 June 1945, November 1952, 12 July 1973 Quantity 3.7 cm, 1 buckram bound volume, 21.5x26.8 cm, 364 pages with 2 inserts and 2 loose items Series AA338/07 - Index cards relating to language research 'Vocabularies: Bunganditj' Identifier AA 338/7/1/5 Date c. 1931 - c. 1991 Quantity 16.5 cm, 1 shoebox, approx. 27.5 cm of cards 'Ngaiawang (temporary)' Identifier AA 338/7/1/14 Date 1931? - c. 1991 Quantity 16.5 cm, 1 shoebox, approx. 30 cm of cards 'Vocabularies: Potaruwutj' Identifier AA 338/7/1/16 Date 1931 - c. 1991 Quantity 16.5 cm, 1 shoebox, approx. 19.5 cm of cards 'Vocabulary: Ramindjeri' Identifier AA 338/7/1/17 Date 1931 - c. 1991 Quantity 16.5 cm, 1 shoebox, approx. 27.5 cm of cards 'Vocabulary: S.E. of S. Aust., A - Ko' Identifier AA 338/7/1/18 Date c. 1931 - c. 1991 Quantity 16.5 cm, 1 shoebox, approx. 6.7 cm of cards 'Vocabularies M - P' Identifier AA 338/7/1/19 Date c. 1931 - c. 1991 Quantity 16.5 cm, 1 shoebox, approx. 12.8 cm of cards 'Vocabulary: S.E. of S. Australia' Identifier AA 338/7/1/20 Date c. 1931 - c. 1991 Quantity 16.5 cm, 1 shoebox, approx. 13.3 cm of cards '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: N. B. Tindale ms SE of S Australia' Identifier AA 338/7/1/44 Date c. 1931 - c. 1991 Quantity 16.5 cm, 1 shoebox, approx. 7.7 cm of cards Series AA338/08 - Compiled vocabularies and grammatical sketches Ngaiawang vocabulary Identifier AA 338/8/13 Date c. 1927 - c. 1964, original material relates to c1840s-50s Quantity 6 cm, 1 A4 Albox folder 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 1 map, 71.0x102.0 cm 'South Australia showing Native Tribes' Identifier AA 338/15/4 Date c. 1929 - c. 1930, approximate date range of data Quantity 1 map, 68.0x101.0 cm 'Adelaide (3458)' Identifier AA 338/15/165 Date 1964, date in annotation; map printed 1959 Quantity 1 map, 56.5x86.0 cm Series AA338/16 - Maps - South East of South Australia Map of central South Australia Identifier AA 338/16/4 Date c. 1935 - ?, date of annotation and printing unknown Quantity 1 map, 61.0x91.0 cm Map of central South Australia Identifier AA 338/16/5 Date c. 1935 - ?, date of annotation and printing unknown Quantity 1 map, 61.0x85.5 cm 'South Australia' road map (BP) Identifier AA 338/16/41 Date c. 1970 - c. 1985, dates of annotation and printing unknown Quantity 1 map, 50.0x74.5 cm Series AA338/18 - Maps - 'World Aeronautical Chart series' Adelaide (3458) Identifier AA 338/18/41 Date 1964 - c. 1974, from date of printing through approximate period map was used Quantity 1 map, 51.5x76.5 cm Series AA338/23 - Maps - Sketch maps showing Aboriginal 'tribes' Sketch map showing 'tribes' in southeastern South Australia Identifier AA 338/23/5 Date c. 1940 - c. 1974, approximate date range - map undated Quantity 1 map, 38.5x45.0 cm Series AA338/24 - Maps - Hundreds and counties, South East of South Australia 'Co. Albert' Identifier AA 338/24/108 Date c. 1968 - 1986, approximate range of annotations; map printed 1968 Quantity 1 map, 73.0x94.0 cm 'Co. Eyre' Identifier AA 338/24/118 Date 1972, date of printing date of annotation unknown Quantity 1 map, 67.0x81.0 cm Series AA338/26 - 'Manuscript Documents on Tribes' Letter from NB Tindale responding to comments made by Richard (Dick) G Kimber on Ngarkat distribution predominantly and Milerum Identifier AA 338/26/44/1 Date 2 July 1969 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. 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
Collection AA52 Thomas Draper Campbell
Series AA 52/04 - Archaeological data Archaeological data Identifier AA 52/4/9 A-J Date 1920 - 1921 Quantity
Collection AA676 Marjorie Alice Angas
Series AA676/05 - Photographs, negatives and other illustrations Photographs and other illustrations from Middleton, River Murray, Point Pearce, Point McLeay and Yaruman. Identifier AA 676/5/14 Date c. 1860 - c. 1980 Quantity 4.5 cm, 1 foolscap three ring binder
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 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