TheKwatkwatwere anindigenous Australiantribe of theState of Victoria,though some scholars consider them part of the broaderYorta Yorta/Pangerangmacrogroup.[a]
Country
editAccording toNorman Tindale,the Kwatkwat's tribal territories cover roughly 1,800 square miles (4,700 km2), running along the southern bank of theMurray River,in a stretch of land that ran from just above theGoulburn River junctionsouthwards around Indigo Creek atBarnawartha.The strip included the junction of theKingandOvensrivers.[2]
Alternative names
editSome words
edit- pikor(emu).[2]
Notes
edit- ^'We do not think that much reliance can be placed on Tindale's classification in this area.'[1]
- ^This identification has been challenged on the grounds that the available evidence suggests the reported 'Emu Mudjug' tribe spoke a different language from the variety ofYorta Yortabelieved to be spoken by the Kwakkwat, and they appear to have spoken a version ofWiradjuri.[3]
Citations
edit- ^Bowe & Morey 1999,p. 5, n.7.
- ^abcTindale 1974,p. 206.
- ^Bowe & Morey 1999,p. 5, n7..
Sources
edit- Bowe, Heather; Morey, Stephen (1999).The Yorta Yorta (Bangerang) language of the Murray Goulburn: including Yabula Yabula.Pacific Linguistics.ISBN978-0-858-83513-9.
- Curr, Edward Micklethwaite(1887).Curr, Edward Micklethwaite(ed.).The Australian race: its origin, languages, customs, place of landing in Australia and the routes by which it spread itself over the continent(PDF).Vol. 3. Melbourne: J. Ferres.
- Smyth, Robert Brough(1878).The Aborigines of Victoria: with notes relating to the habits of the natives of other parts of Australia and Tasmania(PDF).Vol. 1. Melbourne: J. Ferres, gov't printer.
- Tindale, Norman Barnett(1974)."Kwatkwat (VIC)".Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names.Australian National University Press.ISBN978-0-708-10741-6.