Ngadlu tampinthi ngadlu Kaurna Miyurna yartangka. Munaintya puru purruna ngadlu-itya. Munaintyanangku yalaka tarrkarriana tuntarri.

We acknowledge we are on Kaurna Miyurna land. The Dreaming is still living. From the past, in the present, into the future, forever.

The full title reads: 'Vocabularies: Barkindji; Buŋanditj; Kaurna; Maraura; Marditjali; Naraŋga; Naŋuruku; Nadjuri; Nunawal; Narkat; Nukunu; Wailpi; Walpiri; Wiradjuri; Wiraŋu; Wotjobaluk; Wurundjeri'.

Despite the long contents list, this item includes only the following sections:

  • 'Wailpi' (5 cm)
    Drawn from Tindale's fieldwork in the Northern Flinders Ranges in 1924 as well as literature sources. Includes 1 Kokata card, 1 Kujani card and bibliographic references. Cards relate to Tindale's work on the South East of South Australia place names project;

  • 'Walpiri' (0.1 cm);

  • 'Warki' (3 cm)
    Relate to place names, with most drawn from literature sources and to a lesser extent Tindale's manuscript materials;

  • 'Wiljakali' (0.1 cm);

  • 'Wirangu' (0.1 cm)
    Includes 1 tribal name and 1 general vocabulary item drawn from Tindale's manuscript materials; and

  • 'Wiradjuri' (0.3 cm)
    Includes the note: 'many key words have been distributed into other files'.



Tindale Tribes: Wailpi; Walpiri; Warki; Wiljakali; Wirangu; Wiradjuri; Kokata; Kujani.

Creator: Dr Norman Barnett Tindale
Control: AA 338/7/1/1
Date Range:  1924  -  1991
Quantity:  16.5cm,   1   shoebox, approx. 8.6 cm of cards
Series:  AA338/07
Tindale Tribes:
Kokata, Kujani, Wailpi, Walpiri, Warki, Wiljakali, Wiradjuri, Wirangu
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