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Tirari (SA)

Archive Collections / Language Groups / Tirari (SA)

Location: Eastern shore of Lake Eyre from Muloorina north to Warburton River; east to Killalapaninna; a small tribe now extinct. It was not a horde of the Dieri, as suggested by Howitt. O'Grady et al. (1966) incorrectly synonymized the name with Dieri. O. Siebert (pers. comm., 1936) vouched that the language spoken was different from Dieri. A few details survive in the Reuther manuscript.

Co-ordinates: 138°0'E x 28°30'S

Area: 4,500 sq. m. (11,700 sq. km.)

References: Howitt, 1904; Strehlow 1910; Reuther, 1914 MS; Siebert, 1936, pers. comm.; Tindale, 1940; O'Grady et al., 1966.

Alternative Names: Terari (valid alternative pronunciation).

Inventory Listings

Item AA 266/1/1 - Card and 69 watercolours of toas by Rosa Fiveash on 22 cut-offs

Item AA 266/1/2 - Card X, publication Plate XI

Item AA 266/1/3 - Card XI, publication Plate XII

Item AA 266/1/4 - Card XII, publication Plate XIII

Item AA 266/1/5 - Card XIII, publication Plate XIV

Item AA 266/1/6 - Card XIV, publication Plate XV

Item AA 266/1/8 - Card XVI, publication Plate XVII

Item AA 266/1/9 - Card XVII, publication Plate XVIII

Item AA 266/1/10 - Card XVIII, publication Plate XIX

Item AA 266/1/11 - Card XIX, publication Plate XX

Item AA 266/2/2/1-18 - Handwritten descriptions of toas

Item AA 266/3/1/1-5 - Vocabulary cards arranged alphabetically and in no order

Item AA 266/5/7 - 'Standard spellings for Reuther Tribes'

Item AA 266/8/1 - English translation of the dictionary, volume 1

Item AA 266/8/2 - English translation of the dictionary, volumes 1 and 2

Item AA 266/8/3 - English translation of the dictionary, volume 2

Item AA 266/8/4 - English translation of the dictionary, volume 2

Item AA 266/8/5 - English translation of the dictionary, volumes 2 and 3

Item AA 266/8/6 - English translation of the dictionary, volume 3

Item AA 266/8/7 - English translation of the dictionary, volume 3

Item AA 266/8/8 - English translation of the dictionary, volumes 3 and 4

Item AA 266/8/9 - English translation of the dictionary, volume 4

Item AA 266/8/10 - English translation of the dictionary, volume 4

Item AA 266/8/11 - English translation of the dictionary, volume 4; grammar, volume 5; cultural concepts, volume 6; and place names, volume 7

Item AA 266/8/12 - English translation of the place names, volume 7

Item AA 266/8/13 - English translation of the place names, volume 7

Item AA 266/8/14 - English translation of the place names, volume 7

Item AA 266/8/15 - English translation of the place names, volume 7

Item AA 266/8/16 - English translation of the place names, volumes 7 and 'meaning and origin of the names of Central Australian Natives etc', volume 8

Item AA 266/9/1 - Reuther's dictionary volume 1

Item AA 266/9/2 - Reuther's dictionary volume 2

Item AA 266/9/3 - Reuther's dictionary volume 3

Item AA 266/9/4 - Reuther's dictionary volume 4

Item AA 266/9/5 - Reuther's Dieri word index and grammar, Jandruwanta and Wongkanguru grammar, comparative vocabularies and religious service, volume 5

Item AA 266/9/6 - Reuther's cultural concepts volume 6

Item AA 266/9/7 - Reuther's place names volume 7

Item AA 266/9/11 - Reuther's 'the world of Gods and Spirits among the Australian Aborigines' and toa desciptions volume 11

Item AA 266/9/12 - Reuther's 'Museum and Toas' volume 12

Item AA 266/9/13 - Reuther's 'meaning of the toas' volume 13

Item AA 266/18/2 - 'Map of Region east of Lake Eyre' by Reuther and Hillier 1904 compiled from prints

Item AA 266/25/10/1-144 - 'AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL PLACE-NAMES by REV. J.G. REUTHER (Vol. VIIA) Translated by Rev. P.A. Scherer'

Item AA 266/25/11/1-399 - 'AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL PLACE-NAMES by REV. J.G. REUTHER (Vol. VIIB) Translated by Rev. P.A. Scherer' & 'ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF THE PLACE-NAMES Arranged by the Translator'

Item AA 266/26/1-16 - Handwritten translation of 'A brief sketch of the Religion of the Australian Aboriginals, notably the Diari tribe. East of Lake Eyre District' by Reuther

Item AA 266/26/2/1-10 - Typescript translation of 'A brief sketch of the Religion of the Australian Aboriginals, notably the Diari tribe. East of Lake Eyre District' by Reuther

Item AA 266/26/3/1-10 - Typescript translation of 'A brief sketch of the Religion of the Australian Aboriginals, notably the Diari tribe. East of Lake Eyre District' by Reuther

Item AA 266/29/1 - Map of Reuther's language groups in South Australia and part Northern Territory annotated with Tindale 'Tribes'

Item AA 266/31/1-2 - Reuthers vocabulary listed by language groups

Item AA 338/7/2/56 - 'Reuther Localities, Bibliog. Muramura'

Item AA 338/7/2/57 - Reuther Loc. M-Z

Item AA 338/15/4 - 'South Australia showing Native Tribes'

Item AA 338/15/40 - 'Queensland Showing Land Tenure 1937. Sheet 1.'

Item AA 338/15/67 - Map of Australia showing 'tribal' distribution

Item AA 338/18/26 - Cooper Creek (3342)

Item AA 338/18/27 - Oodnadatta (3343)

Item AA 338/18/35 - Tarcoola (3354)

Item AA 338/18/36 - Broken Hill (3355)

Item AA 338/26/3 - Notes on a personal communication between Otto Siebert and NB Tindale relating to Ngarabana and Tirari

Item AA 64/8/1-13 - Drafts, notes and research papers relating to unpublished papers in the fields of Australian archeology and anthropology