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Njikena (WA)
| Location | Lower Fitzroy River from Yeeda upstream to Noonkanbah, on both banks; an eastern section of the tribe, called Wanji or Tjaba, extends from Mount Wynne and Nuranura Ridge on the northern side of the river to Fitzroy Crossing; north to Oscar Range, Kimberley Downs, and Meda; southwest to scarp of Edgar Ranges and Dampier Downs; on lower waters of Jurgurra (Wilson) Creek. The eastern hordes relied on ['Ilimbiri], a spring near Mount Percy for water in drought times, but in pre-European times were confronted here by hostile strangers, the Punaba, whom they fought; they had not met in friendly fashion. Some of the Tjaba hordes of the tribe today could understand Punaba and there has been some intermarriage. The, Njikena of the desert fringe visited ['Mandikara'kapo] (Dampier Downs) and the upper Tjirkali (Geegully) Creek for water, principally in times of drought, and there they had hostile contact with the Mangala. |
Co-ordinates | 124°20'E x 18°10'S |
Area | 11,300 sq. m. (29,400 sq. km.) |
References | Mathews, 1900 (Gr. 6524, 6575); Bates, 1914; Mjöberg, 1922-1923; Kaberry, 1937, 1939; Petri, 1939, 1952, 1956, 1960; Capell, 1939, 1940, 1952, 1955, 1960, 1965; Tindale, 1940, 1953 MS, 1956; Worms, 1950, 1952; Playford, 1960; Coate, 1966. |
Alternative Names | Njigena (valid variant), Nigena, Njigina, Nyigina, Nyi-gini, Njikini (Mangala term), Njigana, Wanji (name for eastern hordes), Tjaba (language name for eastern hordes), Dja:ba, Wanji (Punaba name for eastern Njikena), Yeeda (place name). |
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 338/1/15/2
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
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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,
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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 AA338/05 - Photographs relating to journals
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Identifier AA 338/5/19
Date 1952 - 1954, 1952-1954
Quantity 9 cm, 2 Albox folders
Series AA338/07 - Index cards relating to language research
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Identifier AA 338/7/2/58
Date 1938 - c. 1958
Quantity 15.4 cm, 1 metal filing drawer, approx. 29 cm of cards
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Identifier AA 338/7/2/58
Date 1938 - c. 1958
Quantity 15.4 cm, 1 metal filing drawer, approx. 29 cm of cards
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Identifier AA 338/7/2/59
Date 1938 - c. 1958
Quantity 15.4 cm, 1 metal filing drawer, approx. 24 cm of cards
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Identifier AA 338/7/2/59
Date 1938 - c. 1958
Quantity 15.4 cm, 1 metal filing drawer, approx. 24 cm of cards
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Identifier AA 338/7/2/60
Date 1938 - c. 1958
Quantity 15.4 cm, 1 metal filing drawer, approx. 29.5 cm of cards
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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
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Identifier AA 338/8/20
Date 1934 - c. 1976
Quantity 44 cm, 1 type 10.1 box
Series AA338/15 - Maps - Expeditions, field work and personal research (not including South East of South Australia)
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Identifier AA 338/15/62
Date c. 1938 - c. 1939, date range of related journal; date of printing unknown
Quantity 1 map, 51.5x76.0 cm
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Identifier AA 338/15/101
Date 1954, date in annotation; map printed 1945
Quantity 1 map, 55.0x74.5 cm
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Identifier AA 338/15/102
Date 1954 - 1959, dates in annotations; map printed 1949
Quantity 1 map, 55.0x78.5 cm
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Identifier AA 338/15/119
Date 1953, date in annotation; map printed 1949
Quantity 1 map, 74.0x95.0 cm
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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'
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Identifier AA 338/18/15
Date 1965 - c. 1974, from date of printing through approximate period map was used
Quantity 1 map, 51.5x76.5 cm
Series AA338/22 - Maps - Continental distribution of material culture traits, etc.
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Identifier AA 338/22/3
Date c. 1940 - ?, date of annotation unknown
Quantity 1 map, 34.0x44.5 cm
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Identifier AA 338/22/35
Date c. 1940 - ?, date of annotation unknown
Quantity 1 map, 34.0x44.5 cm
Series AA338/23 - Maps - Sketch maps showing Aboriginal 'tribes'
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Identifier AA 338/23/6
Date c. 1940 - c. 1974, approximate date range - map undated
Quantity 1 map, 40.0x54.5 cm
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Identifier AA 338/23/7
Date c. 1940 - c. 1974, approximate date range - map undated
Quantity 1 map, 33.5x51.0 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
Series AA338/42 - Australian Anthropology - Slides Volume 15
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Identifier AA 338/42/106
Date 2 September 1953
Quantity 1 35mm colour slide
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Identifier AA 338/42/145
Date 3 September 1953
Quantity 1 35mm colour slide
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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 346/4/20
Date May 1938 - June 1939, some cards have later annotations
Quantity 350 cm, 11 file card drawers containing data cards
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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 346/22/42
Date 23 May 1953
Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 crayon drawing, 36x53.5 cm
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Identifier AA 346/22/46
Date 11 June 1953
Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 crayon drawing, 36x53.5 cm
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Identifier AA 346/22/95
Date 24 July 1953 - 24 July 1953
Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 crayon drawing, 36x53.5 cm
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Identifier AA 346/22/100
Date 1953
Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 crayon drawing, 36x53.5 cm
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Identifier AA 346/22/104
Date 28 August 1953
Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 crayon drawing, 36x53.5 cm
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Series AA689/01 - Bound volumes of expedition journals, notes, anthropometric and morphometric data on Australian and foreign collections and blood grouping data.
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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
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Identifier AA 689/1/7/2
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 AA689/09 - Anthropometric data cards from Board for Anthropological Research expeditions and cranial data cards recorded at numerous institutions
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Identifier AA 689/9/16
Date 1938 - 1939, dates of expedition
Quantity 166 cm, 41 grey Albox folders
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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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