Tindale Tribes - Nukunu

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Nukunu (SA)


Location	Eastern side of Spencer Gulf from a little north of the mouth of the Broughton River and vicinity of Crystal Brook northward to Port Augusta; east to Melrose, Mount Remarkable, Gladstone, and Quorn; at Baroota. The Ngaiawang of the Murray River used the term Nokunno as name of a fabulous Being who went about by night killing people. The Kaurna tribe term ['nokun:a] has a meaning of an imaginary being, like a man, who prowls at night and kills, an assassin (Teichelmann and Schürmann, 1840). The Nukunu were the southeasternmost tribe to practice subincision, in addition to circumcision, as a male initiation rite. Pangkala men used the pronunciation ['Nukuna] for the name. The few survivors are settled at Baroota inland from Port Germein where they are known as Barutadura.
Co-ordinates	138°10'E x 32°55'S
Area	2,200 sq. m. (5,700 sq. km.)
References	Teichelmann and Schürmann, 1840; Schürmann, 1844, 1846; Moorhouse, 1846; Wilhelmi, 1860; Hack in Taplin, 1879; Valentine in Curr, 1886; East, 1889; Mathews, 1900 (Gr. 6448); Black, 1917; Gray, 1930; Elkin, 1931, 1938; Tindale, 1940, and MS, Tindale in Condon, 1955; Wurm, 1963; A.I.A.S. Report, 1966.
Alternative Names	Wongaidja (valid alternative), Nukuna, Nukunnu, Nugunu, Nookoona, Nukunna, Noocoona, Nokunna, Nuguna, Pukunna (misprint), Wongaidja, Wongaidya, Tura (['tura] = man), Tyura, Doora, Eura (general term for several tribes), Warra (name of language), Barutadura (men of Baroota).
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 AA246 Roy Parkes
Series AA246/02 - Vocabulary of the Nukunu language Vocabulary of the Nukunu language Identifier AA 246/2 Date 1936 Quantity 0.5 cm, Series AA246/03 - Images relating to Baroota Reserve Images relating to Baroota Aboriginal Reserve Identifier AA 246/3/1-12 Date 1911 - 1935 Quantity 0.5 cm, 36 24 prints (12 x 2 copies) and 12 negatives
Collection AA297 James Dugald Somerville
Series AA 297/05 - (Draft) 'Life of John Charles Darke' Appendix B 'Natives' Identifier AA 297/5/1/7/2 Date 1844 - 1934 Quantity 9 correspondence pages
Collection AA338 Norman Barnett Tindale
Series AA338/01 - Bound volumes of expedition and office journals, notes and compilations 'Field Notes and Journal on the Anthropological Expedition to Koonibba on the West Coast of South Australia by Norman B. Tindale. August 1928. Adelaide, S. Australia'. Identifier AA 338/1/5 Date 10 June 1926 - 28 August 1928, 5 February 1932, 1 May 1987 Quantity 1.8 cm, 1 buckram bound volume, 21.8x28.0 cm, 134 pages, 1 insert, 16 loose items 'Harvard and Adelaide Universities Anthropological Expedition, Australia. 1938-1939. Journal and notes by Norman B. Tindale. 2'. 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 'Visit to Lake Eyre 1955 with anthropological notes by Norman B. Tindale. 1955' Identifier AA 338/1/20 Date 12 July 1955 - 3 August 1955, 20 August 1934, 10 May - 8 December 1955, March 1957, April 1958, 1962 Quantity 2 cm, 1 hardcover exercise book, 20.4x25.8 cm, 188 pages with 1 loose items and 6 attachments 'Research data on aboriginal tribes in Australia gathered by Norman B. Tindale. Chiefly from South, West and Central Australia. Period 1924 to 1936'. Identifier AA 338/1/29 Date 24 August 1895 - 7 February 1934, 24 August 1895, 20 January 1916, c1920, July 1925, 1926-1928, 1931, 4 May 1932, 7 February 1934 Quantity 1.5 cm, 1 red hardcover exercise book, 21.7x28.1 cm 'Notes on the Coastal tribes of the Western Part of South Australia by Norman B. Tindale. South Australian Museum. (incomplete) 1928 mss unpublished.' Identifier AA 338/1/30 Date 1 July 1896 - 31 October 1983, 1 July 1896, October 1927, 1928, September 1935, 1945, 1977, 19 April 1980, 31 October 1983 Quantity 2.2 cm, 1 red hard cover exercise book, 21.7x28.1 cm, 62 single sided pages and a pocket with 68 loose items 'Notes on the Kaurna or Adelaide Tribe and the natives of Yorke Peninsula and the Middle North of South Australia by Norman B. Tindale. 1935- ' Identifier AA 338/1/35 Date 1935 - 1969, 12 June 1839, 1844, 1852, 1907, 1911, 1921, 1926-1951 with gaps, 1952, 1960's, 1971, 1975, and 1984 Quantity 3.4 cm, 1 hard cover exercise book, 20.0x25.4 cm, 182 pages with 2 loose item and 13 inserts Series AA338/04 - Copies of journals Copy of Research data on Aboriginal tribes in Australia gathered by Norman B. Tindale. Chiefly from South, West and Central Australia. Period 1924 to 1936. Identifier AA 338/4/45/1-65 Date 24 August 1895 - 7 February 1934, 24 August 1895, 20 January 1916, c1920, July 1925, 1926-1928, 1931, 4 May 1932, 7 February 1934 Quantity 1.9 cm, 1 green hardcover exercise book, 21.7x28.1 cm Copy of Notes on the Coastal tribes of the Western part of South Australia by Norman B. Tindale. South Australian Museum (incomplete) 1928 ms. Unpublished. Identifier AA 338/4/46 Date 1928 - September 1977, 1928, September 1935, September 1977 Quantity 1.2 cm, 1 green hardcover book, 21.7x27.9cm, 48 single sided pages Series AA338/07 - Index cards relating to language research 'Vocabulary: Ramindjeri' Identifier AA 338/7/1/17 Date 1931 - c. 1991 Quantity 16.5 cm, 1 shoebox, approx. 27.5 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 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 AA338/08 - Compiled vocabularies and grammatical sketches Parallel Vocabularies 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) '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 'Northern SA Early tribal data' Identifier AA 338/15/3 Date 1920 - 1930, dates on original map. date of copying unknown Quantity 1 map, 52.0x69.0 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 'Vacuum Road Map of South Australia' Identifier AA 338/15/56 Date c. 1938 - c. 1939, date range of related journal; date of printing unknown Quantity 1 map, 51.0x76.0 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 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 Port Augusta (3459) Identifier AA 338/18/42 Date 1969 - 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
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 AA64 Harold More Cooper
Series AA64/08 - Drafts, notes and research papers relating to unpublished papers in the fields of Australian archaeology and anthropology Drafts, notes and research papers relating to unpublished papers in the fields of Australian archeology and anthropology Identifier AA 64/8/1-13 Date c. 1949 - c. 1982, some items are undated Quantity 4 cm,
Collection AA676 Marjorie Alice Angas
Series AA676/02 - Records relating to Australian Aboriginal history, culture, health and legal issues Records relating to Australian Aboriginal history, culture, health and legal issues Identifier AA 676/2/1-13 Date c. 1950 - c. 1997 Quantity 34 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 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