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Wurundjeri (VIC)
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| | Location | Yarra and Saltwater rivers; at Melbourne; north to Mount Disappointment, northwest to Macedon, Woodend, and Lancefield, east to Mount Bawbaw; at Healesville; south only to near Mordialloc, Warragul, and Moe. According to Howitt (1889), the tribal name is an ecological one based on the name of the white gum (Eucalyptus viminalis). Seven hordes or clans were referred to by Stewart in a document dated 10 June 1836, but the names seemingly were not mentioned again. Mount Macedon people were a little different and generally camped apart from members of the eastern hordes of the tribe. |
| Co-ordinates | 145°25'E x 37°40'S |
| Area | 4,800 sq. m. (12,500 sq. km) |
| References | Baylie, 1843; La Trobe, 1844; Parker, 1844; Byrne, 1848; Bunce, 1851, 1856; Thomas, 1839 MS, 1854, 1862 MS; Lloyd, 1862; Bunce in Smyth, 1878; Green in Smyth, 1878; Smyth, 1878; Green, 1879; Stewart in Bonwick, 1883; Howitt, 1884, 1885, 1889, 1904; Curr, 1886, 1887; Thomas in Bride, 1898; Mathews, 1902 (Gr. 6401), 1903 (Gr. 6514), 1904 (Gr. 6451); Giglioli, 1911; Mathew, 1911; Massola, 1960, 1968; Morgan, 1967. |
| Alternative Names | Wurunjeri, Wurunjerri, Urunjeri, Wurunjerri-baluk, Wurrundyirra-baluk, Wurrunjeri, Oorongie (where g is to be taken as dj), Woiworung (language name, a valid alternative; woi = worung = speech), Woiwurung, Woiwurong, Woi-wurrong, Woiwurru (['woi] = no, ['wur:u] = lip), Woewo-rung, Wooeewoorong, Warorong, Warerong, Wairwaioo, Wawoo-rong, Wawoorong, Warwaroo, Waarengbadawa, Wainworra, Wowerong, Wawurong, Wawurrong, Wavoo-rong, Gungung-willam, Ngarukwillam, Kukuruk (name of a northern horde), Mort Noular (language name), Coraloon (corrupt spelling?), Yarra Yarra (Europeanized false name of principal river, the Beireirung, based on misreading of a misinterpretation of an exclamation, 'jan:a, 'it flows'), Yarra Yarra Coolies (kulin = man), Yarra, N' uther Galla, Nuthergalla (['ngatha] = ['juša] = no, Melbourne dialect). |
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 AA338/07 - Index cards relating to language research
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Identifier AA 338/7/1/24
Date c. 1931 - c. 1991
Quantity 16.5 cm, 1 shoebox, approx. 15.1 cm of cards
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Identifier AA 338/7/2/32
Date 1934? - 1962?
Quantity 15.4 cm, 1 metal filing drawer, approx. 28.5 cm of cards
Series AA338/15 - Maps - Expeditions, field work and personal research (not including South East of South Australia)
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Identifier AA 338/15/53
Date 1940, date in annotation; date of printing unknown
Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 51.0x76.0 cm
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Identifier AA 338/15/169
Date c. 1979 - c. 1980, dates in annotations; date of printing unknown
Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 51.0x75.0 cm
Series AA338/18 - Maps - 'World Aeronautical Chart series'
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Identifier AA 338/18/45
Date 1963 - c. 1974, from date of printing through approximate period map was used
Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 51.5x76.5 cm
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Identifier AA 338/18/46
Date 1961 - c. 1974, from date of printing through approximate period map was used
Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 51.5x76.5 cm
Series AA338/26 - 'Manuscript Documents on Tribes'
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Identifier AA 338/26/45/1-3
Date May 1969
Quantity 0.01 cm, 3 pages
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